[R-sig-Fedora] x11() hangs in R 3.2.1

[Brown, Simon]

This bug is also being looked at on the main R bug list.  

https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16497

https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16535


Red Hat have found the bug in the x11() code and have posted solutions I believe.

Simon 

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   1.  x11() hangs in R 3.2.1 (Ashley Ford)


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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:53:53 +0000 (UTC)
From: Ashley Ford <apford07 at yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: [R-sig-Fedora]  x11() hangs in R 3.2.1
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Yes, I have nvidia,
recent updates includexorg-x11-drv-nvidia-devel-352.39-1.el6.x86_64 Tue 08 Sep 2015 04:07:42 PM BSTxorg-x11-drv-nvidia-gl-352.39-1.el6.x86_64 ? ?Tue 08 Sep 2015 04:04:03 PM BSTxorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-352.39-1.el6.x86_64 ?Tue 08 Sep 2015 04:04:01 PM BSTxorg-x11-drv-nvidia-352.39-1.el6.x86_64 ? ? ? Tue 08 Sep 2015 04:04:00 PM BST  So far I have failed to find a copy of the old centos rpm ? 
?http://rpm.pbone.net/ points at a location that doesn't exist, So? I tried using the redhat rpm? xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64.rpm but the downgrade fails, is yum out of step with rpm ?
as given
# yum downgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-36.el6.x86_64 ./xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Setting up Downgrade Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
?* base: mirror.ox.ac.uk
?* epel: mirror.nl.leaseweb.net
?* epel-debuginfo: mirror.nl.leaseweb.net
?* extras: centos.serverspace.co.uk
?* updates: centos.serverspace.co.uk
No package xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-36.el6.x86_64 available.
Examining ./xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64.rpm: xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64
Nothing to do
and omitting the last part of the rpm name # yum downgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0 ./xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64.rpmLoaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Setting up Downgrade Process ...
Examining ./xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64.rpm: xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.el6_6.x86_64
Nothing to do
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