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3

I just set up a fedora distribution on my computer and am slowly trying to learn how to work from the command line. I was testing R which went fine, except for some reason when I tried again I suddenly seem to be unable to draw plots. I get the error:

> x = 1:5

> y = x^2

> plot(x,y)

No protocol specified

Error in X11(d$display, d$width, d$height, d$pointsize, d$gamma, d$colortype,  : 

  unable to start device X11cairo

In addition: Warning message:

In function (display = "", width, height, pointsize, gamma, bg,  :

  unable to open connection to X11 display ''

and when I check the capabilities I see that X11 is FALSE:

> capabilities()

No protocol specified

    jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets 

    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE 

  libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo 

    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE     TRUE 

Although I know nothing about whether those are connected or not it seems X11 should be on?

Everywhere I searched for this people seemed to have this problem when working over an ssh connection (I haven't yet taken a look at what that is exactly :$).

I hope someone who knows what this problem is about could be so nice to explain the problem to me and suggest a solution.

command-line x11

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edited 3 hours ago

Rui F Ribeiro

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asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:11

JóhannJóhann

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  Before starting R can you post output of echo $DISPLAY
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 15:48
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This command yields ´:0´
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 9 '12 at 16:29
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  How about from R: Sys.getenv("DISPLAY")
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 16:39
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  hmm, this only gives me bash: syntax error near unexpected token "DISPLAY"'`
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 9 '12 at 16:44
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Do this: Sys.getenv(DISPLAY) or this: Sys.getenv('DISPLAY') or Sys.getenv(c("DISPLAY"))
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 16:51
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 2 more comments

8

3

I just set up a fedora distribution on my computer and am slowly trying to learn how to work from the command line. I was testing R which went fine, except for some reason when I tried again I suddenly seem to be unable to draw plots. I get the error:

> x = 1:5

> y = x^2

> plot(x,y)

No protocol specified

Error in X11(d$display, d$width, d$height, d$pointsize, d$gamma, d$colortype,  : 

  unable to start device X11cairo

In addition: Warning message:

In function (display = "", width, height, pointsize, gamma, bg,  :

  unable to open connection to X11 display ''

and when I check the capabilities I see that X11 is FALSE:

> capabilities()

No protocol specified

    jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets 

    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE 

  libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo 

    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE     TRUE 

Although I know nothing about whether those are connected or not it seems X11 should be on?

Everywhere I searched for this people seemed to have this problem when working over an ssh connection (I haven't yet taken a look at what that is exactly :$).

I hope someone who knows what this problem is about could be so nice to explain the problem to me and suggest a solution.

command-line x11

share|improve this question

edited 3 hours ago

Rui F Ribeiro

42.7k1486146

asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:11

JóhannJóhann

1671210

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Before starting R can you post output of echo $DISPLAY
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 15:48
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This command yields ´:0´
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 9 '12 at 16:29
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  How about from R: Sys.getenv("DISPLAY")
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 16:39
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  hmm, this only gives me bash: syntax error near unexpected token "DISPLAY"'`
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 9 '12 at 16:44
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Do this: Sys.getenv(DISPLAY) or this: Sys.getenv('DISPLAY') or Sys.getenv(c("DISPLAY"))
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 16:51
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 2 more comments

I just set up a fedora distribution on my computer and am slowly trying to learn how to work from the command line. I was testing R which went fine, except for some reason when I tried again I suddenly seem to be unable to draw plots. I get the error:

> x = 1:5

> y = x^2

> plot(x,y)

No protocol specified

Error in X11(d$display, d$width, d$height, d$pointsize, d$gamma, d$colortype,  : 

  unable to start device X11cairo

In addition: Warning message:

In function (display = "", width, height, pointsize, gamma, bg,  :

  unable to open connection to X11 display ''

and when I check the capabilities I see that X11 is FALSE:

> capabilities()

No protocol specified

    jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets 

    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE 

  libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo 

    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE     TRUE 

Although I know nothing about whether those are connected or not it seems X11 should be on?

Everywhere I searched for this people seemed to have this problem when working over an ssh connection (I haven't yet taken a look at what that is exactly :$).

I hope someone who knows what this problem is about could be so nice to explain the problem to me and suggest a solution.

command-line x11

share|improve this question

edited 3 hours ago

Rui F Ribeiro

42.7k1486146

asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:11

JóhannJóhann

1671210

> x = 1:5

> y = x^2

> plot(x,y)

No protocol specified

Error in X11(d$display, d$width, d$height, d$pointsize, d$gamma, d$colortype,  : 

  unable to start device X11cairo

In addition: Warning message:

In function (display = "", width, height, pointsize, gamma, bg,  :

  unable to open connection to X11 display ''

> capabilities()

No protocol specified

    jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets 

    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE 

  libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo 

    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE     TRUE 

share|improve this question

edited 3 hours ago

Rui F Ribeiro

42.7k1486146

asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:11

JóhannJóhann

1671210

share|improve this question

edited 3 hours ago

Rui F Ribeiro

42.7k1486146

asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:11

JóhannJóhann

1671210

edited 3 hours ago

Rui F Ribeiro

42.7k1486146

edited 3 hours ago

Rui F Ribeiro

42.7k1486146

asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:11

JóhannJóhann

1671210

asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:11

JóhannJóhann

1671210

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There are many threads elsewhere related to Cairo package.

One of them mentions the change in X11 type but most of them state that R doesn't know what the display is and suggest doing:

Sys.putenv("DISPLAY"=":0.0")

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 9 '12 at 16:50

KarlsonKarlson

4,9872043

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  5
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Unfortunately neither this solution, or the one mentioned in the other thread seem to fix this. :/ My package also insists on me using Sys.setenv instead of putenv.. don't know if hte new command is different?
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 9 '12 at 17:07
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sys.putenv is deprecated in favor of Sys.setenv
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 17:18
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This worked the next time I tried to use this :). Must have been something strange with the last session
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 14 '12 at 18:19
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

If you don't have any local X server, you can install the virtual framebuffer X11 server like said here:

apt-get install xvfb xauth xfonts-base

Then you can start a new instance like said here:

Xvfb :0 -ac -screen 0 1960x2000x24 &

Then if your R is compiled with with-x configuration option (enabled by default), you should have X11 capability, and you just have to declare this in R:

Sys.setenv("DISPLAY"=":0")

share|improve this answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

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answered Nov 18 '16 at 15:24

Anthony O.Anthony O.

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5

There are many threads elsewhere related to Cairo package.

One of them mentions the change in X11 type but most of them state that R doesn't know what the display is and suggest doing:

Sys.putenv("DISPLAY"=":0.0")

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 9 '12 at 16:50

KarlsonKarlson

4,9872043

• 
  
  
  

  
  5
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Unfortunately neither this solution, or the one mentioned in the other thread seem to fix this. :/ My package also insists on me using Sys.setenv instead of putenv.. don't know if hte new command is different?
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 9 '12 at 17:07
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sys.putenv is deprecated in favor of Sys.setenv
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 17:18
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This worked the next time I tried to use this :). Must have been something strange with the last session
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 14 '12 at 18:19
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

5

There are many threads elsewhere related to Cairo package.

One of them mentions the change in X11 type but most of them state that R doesn't know what the display is and suggest doing:

Sys.putenv("DISPLAY"=":0.0")

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 9 '12 at 16:50

KarlsonKarlson

4,9872043

• 
  
  
  

  
  5
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Unfortunately neither this solution, or the one mentioned in the other thread seem to fix this. :/ My package also insists on me using Sys.setenv instead of putenv.. don't know if hte new command is different?
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 9 '12 at 17:07
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sys.putenv is deprecated in favor of Sys.setenv
  
  – Karlson
  Feb 9 '12 at 17:18
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This worked the next time I tried to use this :). Must have been something strange with the last session
  
  – Jóhann
  Feb 14 '12 at 18:19
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

There are many threads elsewhere related to Cairo package.

One of them mentions the change in X11 type but most of them state that R doesn't know what the display is and suggest doing:

Sys.putenv("DISPLAY"=":0.0")

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 9 '12 at 16:50

KarlsonKarlson

4,9872043

Sys.putenv("DISPLAY"=":0.0")

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 9 '12 at 16:50

KarlsonKarlson

4,9872043

answered Feb 9 '12 at 16:50

KarlsonKarlson

4,9872043

answered Feb 9 '12 at 16:50

KarlsonKarlson

4,9872043

0

If you don't have any local X server, you can install the virtual framebuffer X11 server like said here:

apt-get install xvfb xauth xfonts-base

Then you can start a new instance like said here:

Xvfb :0 -ac -screen 0 1960x2000x24 &

Then if your R is compiled with with-x configuration option (enabled by default), you should have X11 capability, and you just have to declare this in R:

Sys.setenv("DISPLAY"=":0")

share|improve this answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

Community♦

1

answered Nov 18 '16 at 15:24

Anthony O.Anthony O.

35538

add a comment | 

0

If you don't have any local X server, you can install the virtual framebuffer X11 server like said here:

apt-get install xvfb xauth xfonts-base

Then you can start a new instance like said here:

Xvfb :0 -ac -screen 0 1960x2000x24 &

Then if your R is compiled with with-x configuration option (enabled by default), you should have X11 capability, and you just have to declare this in R:

Sys.setenv("DISPLAY"=":0")

share|improve this answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

Community♦

1

answered Nov 18 '16 at 15:24

Anthony O.Anthony O.

35538

add a comment | 

If you don't have any local X server, you can install the virtual framebuffer X11 server like said here:

apt-get install xvfb xauth xfonts-base

Then you can start a new instance like said here:

Xvfb :0 -ac -screen 0 1960x2000x24 &

Then if your R is compiled with with-x configuration option (enabled by default), you should have X11 capability, and you just have to declare this in R:

Sys.setenv("DISPLAY"=":0")

share|improve this answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

Community♦

1

answered Nov 18 '16 at 15:24

Anthony O.Anthony O.

35538

apt-get install xvfb xauth xfonts-base

Xvfb :0 -ac -screen 0 1960x2000x24 &

Sys.setenv("DISPLAY"=":0")

share|improve this answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

Community♦

1

answered Nov 18 '16 at 15:24

Anthony O.Anthony O.

35538

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

Community♦

1

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

Community♦

1

answered Nov 18 '16 at 15:24

Anthony O.Anthony O.

35538

answered Nov 18 '16 at 15:24

Anthony O.Anthony O.

35538