Using the silent option together with a remote R session block (started via ssh.el and ess-remote), like this:
#+BEGIN_SRC R :results silent :exports results :session *ssh gauss* :cache yes a=1 1 #+END_SRC produces: ,---- | > > > [1] 1 | > Warning message: | In file.rename(tfile, transfer.file) : | cannot rename file '/tmp/RtmpQwlyCf/file7c9b78867f6c' to '/tmp/babel-4977UIT/R-4977ucf', reason 'No such file or directory' | > `---- and emacs freezes. No big deal because C-g gets me out of it, but slightly annoying. with `:results output' instead of `:results: silent' everything works fine. best, Thomas