Laura Quinn wrote:
> I don't know what I have done!! When I try to invoke a display function
> via plot(), image() or whatever, my X11 window doesn't appear. I have
> tried to type X11() but the following error message is displayed:
>
>
>>x11()
>
> Error in X11(display, width, height, pointsize, gamma, colortype,
> maxcubesize,
> :
> unable to start device X11
> In addition: Warning message:
> unable to open connection to X11 display`'
I guess you have logged via ssh by not allowing X forwarding, or you ave
changed your UID using su or something like that...
Has R been compiled with X11 support?
Can you start any other program that uses X?
Uwe Ligges
> I have tried dev.cur() and dev.list() but these suggest that only my null
> device is active and I am unsure how to activate my X11 device by any
> other means!
>
> I'm sure this is a stupid question but could anyone please help?
>
> Thanks in advance..
> Laura
>
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