R help - Feb 2007 - rgl.postscript{rgl} crashes R

Hi list,

I am trying to print a rgl scene. I can do this with
rgl.snapshot("test.pnt",fmt="png"), but
rgl.postscript("test.pdf",fmt="pdf") does crash R and
returns to the
linux shell after extented time period.

I am running R 2.4.0 on i686 linux mandrake 10.2. Do I need any other R
external program to make this work?

Thanks
Herry


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On 1/31/2007 8:15 PM, Alexander.Herr at csiro.au wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I am trying to print a rgl scene. I can do this with
> rgl.snapshot("test.pnt",fmt="png"), but
> rgl.postscript("test.pdf",fmt="pdf") does crash R and
returns to the
> linux shell after extented time period.
> 
> I am running R 2.4.0 on i686 linux mandrake 10.2. Do I need any other R
> external program to make this work?
You aren't using the latest R, and probably aren't using the latest rgl.
  Try updating both:  R to 2.4.1, rgl to 0.70.  The rgl ChangeLog shows 
this for 0.70:

   - fixed bug in rgl.postscript in Linux, added text support to it