Won't ServerAliveInterval 60
in /etc/ssh_config do the job of keeping your connection alive? And wouldn't it be more appropriate if bitmap() was used instead? b On Jul 21, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Vincent Carey 525-2265 wrote: > >> Vincent Carey 525-2265 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> 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. >> >> One thing you might try is using screen. The screen program lets you >> multiplex terminals in a single window, but the feature you want here >> is that it allows you to detach and reattach to a session. So you >> could start a screen session at work or home, start something >> running, >> detach, and then come back later and attach to see how things are >> going. >> >> However, screen may further complicate your desire to use X11(), but >> perhaps with Xvfb run from the screen session things will work. Do >> all of the graphics devices require access to X11()? I thought you >> could use pdf() for example, without X11() but I'm not certain. > > it looks like pdf() would work. but ... qcBeadLevel runs png() ... > and the ultimate desire seems to be to have images that will load > nicely in a browser in html. admittedly i could hack qcBeadLevel > to run pdf and then imagemagick the results into png. > > so far it looks like Xvfb will do the trick if i can authenticate > properly. and so far, that is out of my hands. > > it seems i can get the ISP to refrain from timing me out if i > print to screen from the process with some frequency. but i don't > know if > that will work indefinitely > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
