On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hail Mary pass suggestion: some R packages want x11 around to get fonts etc, > which has caused us grief in the past as it would prevent headless server > operation. Easiest fix: install the xvfb server package and precede your > (shell) command call with 'xvfb-run' eg > > xvfb-run python someScript.py > > or > > xvfb-run someScript.py > > Let's see how that goes. > That works. This gives me a path for a kluge fix. Please let me know if you have any ideas for a more elegant solution. Thanks for your help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

