Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> Peter Dalgaard wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> Full_Name: Christian Brechbuehler
>>> Version: 2.4.1, 2.5.1, OS: Ubuntu GNU/Linux
>>> Submission from: (NULL) (24.61.47.236)
>>>
>>>
> <snipped>
>>> Example (start R without DISPLAY from bash):
>>> % DISPLAY= R
>>> > x11("localhost:11.0") # this is my valid
>>> DISPLAY
>>> Error: Couldn't find per display information
>>> %
> <snipped>
>>>
>> I see this on Fedora 7 too. I suspect that the earlier report was
>> thought to be Mac specific.
> <snipped>
>
> I was experimenting with xvfb last week and didn't see the catatrophic
> problem like that, so I tried again. Is it possible that this has
> already been fixed in R 2.6.0 ? (I am on fedora 7, x86_64 as well).
>
> ------------------------------------------
> $ export -n DISPLAY
>
> $ R
> R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)
> ...
> > x11()
> Error in X11(display, width, height, pointsize, if (is.null(gamma)) 1
> else gamma, :
> unable to start device X11
> In addition: Warning message:
> In x11() : unable to open connection to X11 display ''
> > q()
> Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n
> $ export DISPLAY=
> $ R
> R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)
> ...
> > x11()
> Error in X11(display, width, height, pointsize, if (is.null(gamma)) 1
> else gamma, :
> unable to start device X11
> In addition: Warning message:
> In x11() : unable to open connection to X11 display ''
> > q()
> Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n
> --------------------------------------------------
>
You need x11() with a valid display to trigger the bug:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] BUILD]$ ssh -Y 192.168.1.10
[EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password:
Last login: Sat Oct 27 02:40:16 2007 from 192.168.1.11
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ DISPLAY= R -q
> x11("localhost:10.0")
Error: Couldn't find per display information
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -a
Linux janus 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 20:47:39 EDT 2007 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /etc/issue
Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)
Kernel \r on an \m
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