[R-sig-Debian] problem with rgl interactivity with R-2.7.1 and Ubuntu Hardy

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 23 June 2008 at 20:31, Mark Kimpel wrote:
| I'm trying to use the rgl package on R-2.7.1 running on top of Ubuntu
| Hardy amd64. using open3d() and plot3d() I get a plot, but it is not
| interactive. Furthermore, changes to par3d("FOV"=my.new.value) do
| nothing. I suspect something is wrong with the rendering engine or
| interface to it. I do have an Nvidia driver installed and compiz works
| correctly on the desktop.
| 
| I've corresponded with Duncan Murdoch, the package maintainer about
| this and he feels there is probably a bug somewhere but he doesn't
| know where. rgl works for him on Windows, Mac, and Fedora. What is the
| experience of any Ubuntu or Debian users with rgl? Any ideas of what
| my problem is or where I should start looking?

I would start with 

	RSiteSearch("rgl ubuntu")

as Ben Bolker has answered this a few times. From memory, the fancy Compiz
desktop effects get in your way if you use the default Ubuntu setup.  

I use Kubuntu with KDE and have no issues with rgl.

Hth, Dirk

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