[R] x11() hangs in 3.2.1

[Marc Schwartz]

> On Jul 31, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Steven Backus <backus at whimsy.med.utah.edu> wrote:
> 
> I'm on RHEL 6.6, R version 3.2.1 Patched (2015-07-30 r68761) --
> "World-Famous Astronaut".  Issuing the x11() command hangs R and
> does not complete.  A window is partially drawn then freezes.
> Does anyone know of a solution?
> 
> Thanks,
>  Steve


First, just an FYI, that this would be better posted to R-SIG-Fedora:

  https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora


Can you run:

  capabilities()

in a terminal session and see what it shows for X11:

> capabilities()
       jpeg         png        tiff       tcltk         X11        aqua 
       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE 
   http/ftp     sockets      libxml        fifo      cledit       iconv 
       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE 
        NLS     profmem       cairo         ICU long.double     libcurl 
       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE 


The above is on a Mac, just for clarity.

Did you install R via local compilation or via RPMS from the EPEL? I have not looked to see if RPMS are available for the patched version.

Presuming local compilation, I would check your configure and build logs for warnings/errors. It is possible that you are missing an X11 header or lib someplace.


Regards,

Marc Schwartz