Thanks for the quick reply and sorry that I didn't see the documentation that could help me. I actually didn't see anything on the jpeg() help pages, or didn't recognize what was there as relating to my problem. I will look further on the archives if this plus Henrik's reply is not enough. Best, Elizabeth
Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > Well, this is documented and there are solutions even on the jpeg() help > page and mamy more in the archives. Basically > > 1) Use a Xvfb X server > 2) Use bitmap() > 3) Use an alternative such as GDD or Cairo (but for me those do a poor > job on symbol fonts). > > The good news is that R 2.7.0 will have a better solution, producing > JPEGs without using X11. > > >> >> R-2.6.0, GNU/Linux >> >> Thanks, >> Elizabeth >> >> My caveat from above about the jpeg working as long as I'm signed on: >> one time I got the mysterious error: >> > >> jpeg("~/batch5Effect/ProbPbsets_summaryHeatmaps%03d.jpeg",height=1200,width=800) >> >> >> Error in jpeg("~/batch5Effect/ProbPbsets_summaryHeatmaps%03d.jpeg", >> height = 1200, : >> X11 fatal IO error: please save work and shut down R >> >> Even though it had just correctly done this same basic command a few >> lines back. I redid it (without changing anything that I was aware of) >> and it worked fine. So I don't think it's related. > > That's an X11 problem, not an R problem. > >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.