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

[Mark Kimpel]

Dirk,

Yes, turning off Compiz solved the problem. Sorry for not researching
the problem better myself (is there an emoticon for "sheepish look"?).

Mark

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
>
> 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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