Loris Bennett <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> writes: > Hi Jim, > > jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Here is what it does locally on my PC: >> >>> library("igraph") >>> topo_data <- read.table(text = "ibcore01 ibswitch01 >> + ibcore01 ibswitch02 >> + ibcore01 ibswitch03 >> + ibcore02 ibswitch01 >> + ibcore02 ibswitch02 >> + ibcore02 ibswitch03 >> + ibswitch01 node001 >> + ibswitch01 node002 >> + ibswitch01 node003 >> + ibswitch02 node004 >> + ibswitch02 node005 >> + ibswitch02 node006 >> + ibswitch03 node007 >> + ibswitch03 node008 >> + ibswitch03 node009" ,head=FALSE) >>> system.time({ >> + network_data <-graph.data.frame(topo_data, directed=F) >> + plot(network_data) >> + }) >> user system elapsed >> 0.01 0.01 0.03 >>> >>> >> >> Does not seem too slow. Creating a PDF file takes a little longer: >> >>> library("igraph") >>> topo_data <- read.table(text = "ibcore01 ibswitch01 >> + ibcore01 ibswitch02 >> + ibcore01 ibswitch03 >> + ibcore02 ibswitch01 >> + ibcore02 ibswitch02 >> + ibcore02 ibswitch03 >> + ibswitch01 node001 >> + ibswitch01 node002 >> + ibswitch01 node003 >> + ibswitch02 node004 >> + ibswitch02 node005 >> + ibswitch02 node006 >> + ibswitch03 node007 >> + ibswitch03 node008 >> + ibswitch03 node009" ,head=FALSE) >>> system.time({ >> + network_data <-graph.data.frame(topo_data, directed=F) >> + pdf('test.pdf') >> + plot(network_data) >> + dev.off() >> + }) >> user system elapsed >> 0.09 0.00 0.16 >> >> The PDF file is attached. So maybe it is something with your remote >> connection. > > You're right. Running locally even the plot of complete network takes > less than 0.2 seconds via the X11 device. I'll have a closer look at > the connection. > > Thanks, > > Loris
I found the solution here: http://www.r-bloggers.com/slow-r-graphics-via-ssh/ namely calling X11.options(type="Xlib") in the remote R session. Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under construction. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.