[BioC] X11 problem

[Seth Falcon]

"D.Enrique ESCOBAR ESPINOZA" <escobarebio at yahoo.com> writes:

> i m running R in a fedora core 5 x86 server wothout 
> X11 service.
> X11 is the default device for R
> So when I m drawing png images,
> I receive this error output
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Error in X11(paste("png::", filename, sep = ""), width, height,
> pointsize,  :
>         unable to start device PNG
> In addition: Warning message:
> unable to open connection to X11 display ''
> Execution halted
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> How can I do for drawing png without starting X11 which isn installed
> in my server?

I'm not sure.  I've encountered similar issues when using R remotely
via ssh and no X11 forwarding.  One would think png is independent
from X11, but it may not be.

This is a question for R-help, not Bioconductor.  There are likely to
be folks there that know the answer.

Bw,

+ seth