[R-sig-Fedora] Problem with X11 fonts under Fedora 17.

[peter dalgaard]

On Jan 13, 2013, at 21:52 , Rolf Turner wrote:

> 
> 
> I am getting frantic.  Is there no-one out there who can give me a clue as to how
> to resolve this problem?  Basically my system is now warped into a state in which
> I cannot plot on-screen --- at least I cannot get *any* textual annotation in on-screen
> plots.  Which makes the whole schmear pretty useless.  I am at my wits end.
> 
>    "cheers",
> 
>        Rolf


I'd try "yum install R" to see whether that pulls in something essential, possibly followed by a reboot... And of course try whether the Fedora's R runs better than the self-compiled one.

If push comes to shove: Plot to pdf and use a viewer (I assume that such things do work on  your system?)

By the way, does xfontsel work? Check whether -adobe-helvetica-....etc.... is selectable.

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