[R-SIG-Mac] R stops abruptly applying textures in rgl

[Rainer M Krug]

"Agustin Diez Castillo"<Agustin.Diez at uv.es> writes:

> Duncan,
> Find the script [1] , SessionInfo [2]  and the Mac error [3]  in case it helps. Executing R from the terminal R doesn't
> freeze and I got the same message that in Ubuntu 13.04 [4] 
> # With rgl installed in ~/Library/R/
> library(rgl)
> # Set directory
> setwd("~/")
> #Working
> rgl.bg(sphere=TRUE, texture=system.file("textures/bump_dust.png", package="rgl"),back="filled")
> #Copying the same texture to the working directory
> system("cp ~/Library/R/3.0/library/rgl/textures/bump_dust.png bump_dust.png")
> # expanded version also works
> expanded<-paste(getwd(),"/bump_dust.png",sep="")
> # Testing
> rgl.bg(sphere=TRUE, texture=expanded,back="filled")
> #Hanging R.app
> rgl.bg(sphere=TRUE, texture="~/bump_dust.png",back="filled")

Confirmed as described - works in terminal, crashes R gui
Additionally: works in RStudio with the following error:

,----
| > rgl.bg(sphere=TRUE, texture="~/bump_dust.png",back="filled")
| Warning message:
| In rgl.material(color = color, back = back, ...) :
|   RGL: Pixmap load: unable to open file '~/bump_dust.png' for reading
`----

,----
| > version
|                _
| platform       x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0
| arch           x86_64
| os             darwin10.8.0
| system         x86_64, darwin10.8.0
| status         Patched
| major          3
| minor          0.3
| year           2014
| month          03
| day            06
| svn rev        65134
| language       R
| version.string R version 3.0.3 Patched (2014-03-06 r65134)
| nickname       Warm Puppy
| > library(rgl)
| > sessionInfo()
| R version 3.0.3 Patched (2014-03-06 r65134)
| Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
| 
| locale:
| [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
| 
| attached base packages:
| [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
| 
| other attached packages:
| [1] rgl_0.93.996
| > 
`----

Cheers,

Rainer


> -------
> [2] R version 3.0.3 (2014-03-06)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
>
> locale:
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] rgl_0.93.996
> ----------
> [3] http://pastebin.com/tQ8FRFzc
>
> [4] Warning message:
> In rgl.material(color = color, back = back, ...) :
>   RGL: Pixmap load: unable to open file '~/bump_dust.png' for reading
> Agustín
>
>
>> On 14-03-19 10:22 AM, Agustin Angel Diez Castillo wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > When applying textures to an rgl object I can do it without problem if the applied texture if the texture file is
> called in an expand form [1]. However if the same file is called with tilde [2], R will stop abruptly. I've tested it in
> three different machines, all running 9.2. The same in Unbuntu 13.04
> drops a warning message [3] but R continues running.
>> > Agustin
>> > [1] /Users/myuser/myfile.png
>> > [2] ~/myfile.png
>> > [3] In rgl.material(...) :
>> >    RGL: Pixmap load: unable to open file '~/gvSIG-desktop/gvSIG-desktop-2066/theme/splash.png' for reading
>> >
>> 
>> I am unable to reproduce this.  Could you please post a complete script 
>> that reproducibly causes the crash for you, and post information about 
>> rgl, R, and MacOS versions?
>> 
>> Duncan Murdoch
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>
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