Thanks for testing this issue in your machine and providing me with helpful tips. Despite the fact I've updated X11 to the most recent one following a suggestion, I still get it to "hang". So perhaps this issue is specific to my Macbook air (which has 4G memory and 1.7 GHz processor).
Jason, On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:10 PM, David Winsemius <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Feb 25, 2012, at 5:55 PM, John Maindonald wrote: > > I can open several (I was going to say 'as many as I like", but >> that is hard to verify) windows on my setup. I do have a very >> recent update to XQuartz installed: XQuartz 2.7.1_rc2 (xorg-server 1.11.4) >> (I have just now been advised of the release of 2.7.1, which I have duly >> installed.) >> >> I notice the following at >> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/**trac/wiki<http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki> >> >> " >> OS-X Software Updates have included some of the work done by this >> project, but for various reasons, Apple cannot ship the latest and greatest >> version offered by this site. Since our package clobbers Apple's X11.app, >> their SU will clobber ours. Because of this, you may experience conflicts >> after doing a Software Update from Apple. It is suggested that you install >> the latest XQuartz release after installing an update to OS-X Leopard. >> " >> >> I am running OSX 10.7.3 (Lion). I have not had any issues with conflicts >> of which I am aware. >> >> John Maindonald email: [email protected] >> 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 <http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm> >> >> On 26/02/2012, at 7:01 AM, R. Michael Weylandt wrote: >> >> One can always(?) open a new device using dev.new() which defaults to >>> the quartz device on my machine. >>> >>> FWIW, I can get a similar problem with x11 but I have long-standing >>> troubles with my X11 install that I've never bothered to track down so >>> I'm not the best test case. >>> >>> > I just tried it on my laptop which has the "old style" x11 installed, the > one whose icons on the Dock is the plain white one with a grey X, and which > labels itself XQuartz 2.1.6 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple33). I'm unable to get > it to "hang" except for the fact that when the window opens, the focus is > shifted to that window and typing causes no response until one clicks back > into the (GUI) console. Repeated invocations of x11() without plotting do > not cause R to "hang". So I guess my only contribution is that an older > version of OSX and X11 does not necessary cause this problem. And I would > request a better decription of "hang" on Mr Love's part. > > > MacOS 10.5.8 > > > sessionInfo() > R version 2.14.1 Patched (2012-01-02 r58038) > Platform: i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/i386 (32-bit) > > locale: > [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.**UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-**8 > > attached base packages: > [1] splines stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods > base > > other attached packages: > [1] quantreg_4.76 SparseM_0.91 rms_3.4-0 Hmisc_3.9-1 > survival_2.36-10 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] cluster_1.14.1 grid_2.14.1 lattice_0.20-0 > > > > Michael >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Jason Love <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello R users, >>>> >>>> Using x11() command, I was able to create a new (2nd) plot window. >>>> However, >>>> I was not able to create another (3rd) plot window as x11() gets >>>> immediately frozen. >>>> Does x11() command only allow 2nd plot window or could it be related to >>>> the >>>> memory capacity limit? >>>> Also, please let me know if there is any alternative way of opening a >>>> new >>>> plot window other than using x(11). >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Jason, >>>> >>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>> >>> -- > > David Winsemius, MD > Heritage Laboratories > West Hartford, CT > > > ______________________________**_________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-sig-mac<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
