this is not a problem with R but a request for related advice. i am trying to run a lengthy batch job from my home.
the OS is ... Linux jedi.bwh.harvard.edu 2.4.22-openmosix1smp #1 SMP Fri Sep 5 01:05:37 CEST 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux i start the job and put it in the background. while i am connected, all is well. eventually my ISP shuts down the connection if i do not do any input. then: Boxplots of G intensitiesError in X11(paste("png::", filename, sep = ""), width, height, pointsize, : unable to start device PNG Calls: doPlot -> qcBeadLevel -> png In addition: Warning message: In png(filename, width = 640, height = 480) : unable to open connection to X11 display '' Execution halted is it possible to have X11() succeed when there is no real display to connect to? R version 2.6.0 Under development (unstable) (2007-06-29 r42093) i686-pc-linux-gnu locale: LC_CTYPE=C;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=C;LC_COLLATE=C;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US;LC_PAPER=en_US;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] grid tools stats graphics grDevices utils datasets [8] methods base other attached packages: [1] beadarray_1.5.3 beadarraySNP_1.3.7 quantsmooth_1.3.0 lodplot_1.1 [5] quantreg_4.06 SparseM_0.73 affy_1.13.9 affyio_1.3.1 [9] geneplotter_1.13.4 lattice_0.15-11 annotate_1.13.3 Biobase_1.13.19 [13] limma_2.9.5 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] KernSmooth_2.22-20 RColorBrewer_0.2-3 rcompgen_0.1-13 --- Vince Carey, PhD Assoc. Prof Med (Biostatistics) Harvard Medical School Channing Laboratory - ph 6175252265 fa 6177311541 181 Longwood Ave Boston MA 02115 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel