On 21/10/2005, at 8:00 PM, stefano iacus wrote: >> A: This is expected behavior in the Xauthority authentication >> mechanism which X11 for Mac OS X uses by default. The problem is >> that Xauth uses two keys, the ip address and hostname of the system >> running the X server. But these keys don't get updated if you >> change the network configuration. You can disable authentication >> from the "Security" tab of X11.app's preferences. Be aware that >> doing so may create a security hole. >> >> > > > thanks Thomas. So the answer to James' problem is that we can't do > anything special in R/R.app to solve this as this is a general OS X > issue. > Surely this is not a MacOS X issue but an X11 one. People don't usually run X11 on notebooks. So it only tends to arise with a Powerbook.
Of course the solution really does lie with R.app, but it is also non- trivial. Since the introduction of Tiger some months back, Tcl/tk is a standard part of MacOS X. The problem is that R.app is not friendly to Aqua Tcl/Tk extensions of R. So it would be good to fix this, if someone has the time, skills and inclination. I have the last but I am very short of the first two. Bill Northcott _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
