[R-sig-Fedora] dotplot() lattice charts return blank image (jpeg, bmp, png) file

[Peter Dalgaard]

Haas, Kevin wrote:
> Thanks in advance for the help.  Trying to run a basic dotplot in lattice from R command line.  When the file is created, in Fedora, it is blank image (jpeg, bmp, png).  Image produces correctly in Windows environment.  Libraries lattice and latticeExtra are loaded.  Code:
> 
> -----------------
> jpeg(file = "/tmp/img/temp31.jpg", width = 768, height=768)
> xy <- dotplot(1:10)
> print(xy)
> dev.off()
> -----------------
> 
> Using plot(1:10) instead of dotplot produces an image file. Also, I can successfully produce an image for dotplot() in pdf like this:
> 
> -----------------
> trellis.device(device = "pdf",file = "/tmp/img/temp31.pdf")
> xy <- dotplot(1:10)
> print(xy)
> dev.off()
> -----------------
> 
> Thanks for any help you can provide.  Fedora version and R Session info is below.

Works for me with
$ rpm -q R
R-2.8.1-2.fc9.i386

(An obscure bug with the Cairo device was fixed between -1 and -2, not 
sure whether that might affect jpeg. This, BTW, also showed that it 
matters whether you install from RPM or build from source. So don't 
forget to tell.)


> 
> Kevin
> 
> -----------------
> [root at domU-12-31-39-00-58-82 /]# uname -r
> 2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen
> 
> -----------------
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20)
> i686-redhat-linux-gnu
> 
> locale:
> C
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] grid      stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
> [8] base
> 
> other attached packages:
> [1] latticeExtra_0.5-4 RColorBrewer_1.0-2 lattice_0.17-20
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