R SIG Debian - Jun 2012 - Error: ... can only copy from 'X11(type="*cairo")' devices

Hey,

I'm running R in ubuntu 10.10 (R-2.15.0)
and when saving a plot i get the following error message:
> plot(1:10)
> savePlot("test.png",type="png")
Error in savePlot("test.png", type = "png") :
  can only copy from 'X11(type="*cairo")'
devices
>

Thanks in advance

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On 06/13/2012 09:04 AM, Luis Ridao wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm running R in ubuntu 10.10 (R-2.15.0)
> and when saving a plot i get the following error message:
>
>> plot(1:10)
>> savePlot("test.png",type="png")
> Error in savePlot("test.png", type = "png") :
>    can only copy from 'X11(type="*cairo")' devices
>>
>
>
> Thanks in advance
Luis,

Sorry for the delay in the response.  The issue is that you are not 
using and X11/cairo device.  For example, if you use RStudio, the 
savePlot command does not work, but you can save from within RStudio. 
If you run R from just a terminal, it should work.

Hope this helps,
Michael

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