R devel - Dec 2004 - No window graphics on new binary installation for Mac OS 10.3 (PR#7427)

I loaded the binary  for R, and most things work fine.  The plot 
command defaults to a postscript file.  If I type X11(), I get a 
message the X11 failed to load.  However if I type 
capabilities(what="X11") I get TRUE back.

What do I need to do to get X11 to load properly or to get screen plots?

Bill Cleveland

On Dec 17, 2004, at 11:00 AM, wcleveland@pobox.com wrote:


> I loaded the binary for R, and most things work fine. The plot command 
> defaults to a postscript file. If I type X11(), I get a message the 
> X11 failed to load. However if I type capabilities(what="X11") I
get
> TRUE back.
>
> What do I need to do to get X11 to load properly or to get screen 
> plots?
>
>
The binary on CRAN works fine with Apple's X11. Assuming you have that 
one installed (it comes with OS X, but is by default not selected in 
the installer) [or you're using R remotely], you can either run R right 
from the xterm or, if running from the Terminal, make sure you have the 
DISPLAY variable set and X11 server is running.

You can run the R Cocoa GUI instead (/Applications/R) and get the 
Mac-native Quartz device ...

If you still have problems, please tell us more precisely about your 
setup (which X11, how do you start R etc.).

Cheers,
Simon