On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:55 PM, John Maindonald wrote: > I am using R from ESS, with X11 as the default graphics device. > In due course, when I run a function that tries to open a new > graphics window, I get the message: > >> g10.6() > Error in X11(d$display, d$width, d$height, d$pointsize, d$gamma, d$colortype, > : > unable to start device X11cairo > In addition: Warning message: > In device.call(...) : cairo error 'out of memory' > > This was happening also under R-2.9.1; decided I had better > report/inquire. I then have the choice of opening a quartz > window, or restarting both R and X11. >
You may want to report that to R-devel (possibly with more details such as a reproducible example - I don't think g10.6() is in any recommended package...) since the X11 device is not Mac-specific. Thanks, Simon > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26) > i386-apple-darwin9.8.0 > > locale: > [1] C > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices datasets utils grid methods > [8] base > > other attached packages: > [1] DAAG_1.01 randomForest_4.5-33 rpart_3.1-45 > [4] MASS_7.3-4 lme4_0.999375-32 Matrix_0.999375-32 > [7] lattice_0.17-26 reshape_0.8.3 plyr_0.1.9 > [10] proto_0.3-8 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] coda_0.13-4 ggplot2_0.8.3 tools_2.10.0 > > > 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@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
