I am on Snow Leopard. As Brian mentions, my DISPLAY variable is set (to echo $DISPLAY /tmp/launch-SN2m7Z/org.x:0 ), but this is not something I do myself. I have always thought that on (newer) OS X, DISPLAY got set automatically. Not too infrequently do I use X11 on a remote server and I always login with ssh -Y.
Kasper On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> wrote: > Are you on Lion? (You failed to mention that crucial detail) > If so, R cannot detect window session on Lion (the OS says there is none even > if there is one) so it must assume that you are using ssh or other tunneling, > so if falls back to whatever other device it can use. > > Cheers, > Simon > > > On Oct 5, 2011, at 9:31 PM, John Maindonald wrote: > >> When I start up R (or at least 64-bit R) from the command line >> or from ESS, and plot a graph without first opening a graphics >> screen window, I get an X11 window. >> >> If I type capabilities(), I get: >> >>> capabilities() >> jpeg png tiff tcltk X11 aqua http/ftp sockets >> TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE >> libxml fifo cledit iconv NLS profmem cairo >> TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE >> >> Given that "aqua" is available, why do I not get a quartz window? >> (I can of course open such a window.) >> >>> sessionInfo() >> R version 2.13.2 (2011-09-30) >> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) >> >> locale: >> [1] C >> >> attached base packages: >> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >> >> other attached packages: >> [1] lattice_0.19-33 >> >> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >> [1] grid_2.13.2 tools_2.13.2 >> >> John Maindonald email: john.maindon...@anu.edu.au >> phone : +61 2 (6125)3473 fax : +61 2(6125)5549 >> Centre for Mathematics & Its Applications, Room 1194, >> John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (Building 27) >> Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200. >> http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
