[BioC] arrayQualityMetrics run as batch-job: unable to start device PNG

[James W. MacDonald]

Hi Knut,

On 11/13/2012 7:14 AM, Knut Hansen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run a R-script which calls arrayQualityMetrics as a
> batch-job on a remote machine. But I get the error message:
> Error in X11(paste("png::", filename, sep = ""), g$width, g$height,
> pointsize,  :
>    unable to start device PNG

See R FAQ 7.19 
(http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-do-I-produce-PNG-graphics-in-batch-mode_003f)

Best,

Jim


>
> The script runs fine if I run it interactively from the command line.
>
> A bit of googleing tells me that this may have to do with the R png
> device which needs the X11 device.
>
> Does anybody have any hints on how I can solve this?
>
> Knut Hansen
>
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