R help - Jul 2004 - X11 device problem on linux: 100% cpu usage

Hi,

I'm using R 1.9.1 (patched, 5th July) on linux
(Mandrake 9.2) and am having a problem with the X11()
device. Trying to plot(1:10) results in my CPU going
to 100% and I have to terminate the process. Using
postscript() with the same plot is fine. Everything
else on my system seems to work fine. I have googled
the R site for X11 and (problem OR error OR cpu) and
have not seen anything that is recent or looks
relevent, so I think this is a problem I have created
myself.

I'm not sure where to start with identifying the
cause. Can someone suggest some things that I should
look at?  

Thanks.

Dave.

David Whiting wrote:
> I'm using R 1.9.1 (patched, 5th July) on linux
> (Mandrake 9.2) and am having a problem with the X11()
> device. Trying to plot(1:10) results in my CPU going
> to 100% 
> I'm not sure where to start with identifying the
> cause. Can someone suggest some things that I should
> look at?  
  First off, you can try and figure out if its the client (R) or the 
server (your X-windows display server).

  Can you connect to your problem machine from another host (preferably 
one with a different Linux distro, or different X server) and run R, 
sending the graphics over the network. Does it still cause your problem 
machine to go slow? Then its something on the client side.

  If that works fine, then its something to do with the X server on the 
problem machine. Or an interaction term between client and server!

Baz