Re: [R] X11 display problem

2012-04-11 Thread MacQueen, Don
I use ssh -Y in this situation. You can test with other X client applications, such as xclock. Try running xclock after your login. If you get the same unable to open message then it's not an R problem. -Don -- Don MacQueen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave., L-627

[R] X11 display problem

2012-04-10 Thread carol white
Hi, I run R on a unix server and login from a Mac with ssh -X. When I want to run a graphics function like hist, I get the following x11 message: 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