>>>>> Charles Geyer
>>>>> on Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:19:08 -0600 writes:
> I knew I could work around. But this shouldn't happen.
I assume capabilities() does show a FALSE for "tcltk" ?
In such cases, sessionInfo() may be extended:
> sfsmisc :: sessionInfoX() # returns even more; has a "nice" print() method
Extended sessionInfo():
-----------------------
Capabilities:
jpeg png tiff tcltk X11 aqua
X X X X X -
http/ftp sockets libxml fifo cledit iconv
X X X X - X
NLS profmem cairo ICU long.double libcurl
X - X X X X
Sys.info:
nodename v-lynne
user maechler
LAPACK version: 3.9.0
External software (versions):
zlib 1.2.11
bzlib 1.0.6, 6-Sept-2010
xz 5.2.4
PCRE 8.43 2019-02-23
ICU 63.2
TRE TRE 0.8.0 R_fixes (BSD)
iconv glibc 2.29
readline 8.0
BLAS /u/maechler/R/D/r-patched/F30-64-inst/lib/libRblas.so
PCRE (regex) config.: ("UTF-8" = TRUE, "Unicode properties" = TRUE, JIT = TRUE,
stack = TRUE)
R executable linked against libR.* ['is R shared']: FALSE
R_LIBS:
libPath [.libPaths()] contents in addition to R_LIBS and .Library:
[1] "/usr/local64.sfs/app/R/Bioconductor/library_3.10_F30"
[2] "/usr/local64.sfs/app/R/R_local/library_F30-3.6"
[3] "/u/maechler/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.6"
Main R env. variables (for more, inspect the 'xR.env' component):
[,1]
R_ENVIRON "/u/maechler/R/Renviron64"
R_PROFILE "/u/maechler/R/Rprofile"
R_CHECK_ENVIRON "/u/maechler/.R/check.Renviron"
---------------- standard sessionInfo():
R version 3.6.3 Patched (2020-02-29 r77878)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Fedora 30 (Thirty)
Matrix products: default
BLAS: /u/maechler/R/D/r-patched/F30-64-inst/lib/libRblas.so
LAPACK: /u/maechler/R/D/r-patched/F30-64-inst/lib/libRlapack.so
locale:
[1] LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C
[3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=de_CH.UTF-8
[5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=de_CH.UTF-8
[7] LC_PAPER=de_CH.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C
[9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=de_CH.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
attached base packages:
[1] graphics grDevices datasets stats utils methods base
other attached packages:
[1] fortunes_1.5-4 sfsmisc_1.1-5
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_3.6.3 tools_3.6.3 tcltk_3.6.3
>
I'm not seeing any problems on my Linux platforms (all Fedora 30).
Martin
> And yes. Same problem with your example.
> blurfle$ R --vanilla
> R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29) -- "Holding the Windsock"
> Copyright (C) 2020 The R Foundation for Statistical
> Computing Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain
> conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for
> distribution details.
> Natural language support but running in an English
> locale
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type
> 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on
> how to cite R or R packages in publications.
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help,
> or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>> ans <- utils::select.list(c("hello", "world", "again"),
>> graphics=TRUE)
> Error in structure(.External(.C_dotTclObjv, objv), class =
> "tclObj") : [tcl] grab failed: window not viewable.
>> q()
> I didn't bother with sessionInfo() this time. I presume
> it would be the same as before.
> AFAIK this is a fully up to date Ubuntu 18.04 box.
> On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM Henrik Bengtsson <
> henrik.bengts...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here's a simpler example that should reproduce that error
>> for you:
>>
>> ans <- utils::select.list(c("hello", "world", "again"),
>> graphics=TRUE)
>>
>> Does it?
>>
>> FYI, I installed R 3.6.3 from source on CentOS 7 a few
>> hours ago, and for me the above works just fine.
>>
>> For your immediate needs of selecting a CRAN mirror, you
>> can set:
>>
>> options(menu.graphics = FALSE)
>>
>> as a workaround to skip Tcl-based menus.
>>
>> /Henrik
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 10:01 AM Charles Geyer
>> <char...@stat.umn.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > Just built 3.6.3 from source and tcl doesn't work.
>> Worked fine with the > same laptop in 3.6.2. Here's the
>> exact error.
>> >
>> > blurfle$ R --vanilla
>> >
>> > R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29) -- "Holding the Windsock"
>> > Copyright (C) 2020 The R Foundation for Statistical
>> Computing > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>> >
>> > R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
>> WARRANTY. > You are welcome to redistribute it under
>> certain conditions. > Type 'license()' or 'licence()'
>> for distribution details.
>> >
>> > Natural language support but running in an English
>> locale
>> >
>> > R is a collaborative project with many contributors. >
>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and >
>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in
>> publications.
>> >
>> > Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line
>> help, or > 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface
>> to help. > Type 'q()' to quit R.
>> >
>> > > sessionInfo() > R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29) >
>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) > Running under:
>> Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
>> >
>> > Matrix products: default > BLAS:
>> /home/geyer/local/current/lib/R/lib/libRblas.so > LAPACK:
>> /home/geyer/local/current/lib/R/lib/libRlapack.so
>> >
>> > locale: > [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C > [3]
>> LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 > [5]
>> LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 > [7]
>> LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C > [9] LC_ADDRESS=C
>> LC_TELEPHONE=C > [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
>> LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>> >
>> > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices
>> utils datasets methods base
>> >
>> > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1]
>> compiler_3.6.3 > > install.packages("aster") > --- Please
>> select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > Error
>> in structure(.External(.C_dotTclObjv, objv), class =
>> "tclObj") : > [tcl] grab failed: window not viewable. >
>> > q()
>> >
>> > What's up with that?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Charles Geyer > Professor, School of Statistics >
>> Resident Fellow, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of
>> Science > University of Minnesota > char...@stat.umn.edu
>> >
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