[ESS] R-2.3.0 crash
Stephen Eglen
S.J.Eglen at damtp.cam.ac.uk
Thu Apr 27 11:50:33 CEST 2006
Robin Hankin writes:
> Hi
>
> [MacOSX 10.4.6, emacs 22.0.50.1, ess 5.3.0, R-2.3.0,
> gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5247]
>
> Using R-2.3.0 with ESS, I get a repeatable crash trying to open an X11
> window. Cut-n-paste session follows:
>
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
> > X11("octopus:0.0")
> Error: Couldn't find per display information
>
> Process R exited abnormally with code 1 at Thu Apr 27 09:55:21 2006
>
>
>
> what's going on here?
>
> [I don't get this running R from a terminal, hence ess-help]
hi Robin,
I wonder if Emacs can get hold of the X11 information; can you try the
following within your Emacs:
M-x shell
Then in *shell* try:
% echo $DISPLAY
% R
> X11("octopus:0.0")
which might tell us if it is an ESS issue.
Also, does
> X11()
cause a crash?
S
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