Re: [R] X11 font error on headless server running Xvfb

2012-06-08 Thread Jonathan Levine
Thanks, Don. the Cairo package was just what I needed. It was a challenge to get it all set up on the serve since I don't have root privileges. Had to install Pixman and Cairo, figure out to set TMPDIR so R could build the package. This page was critical is getting Cairo to compile from sou

Re: [R] X11 font error on headless server running Xvfb

2012-06-04 Thread MacQueen, Don
You could try the Cairo() device from the Cairo package. It's my understanding (from a time when I was using Xvgb for the same reason) that Cairo does not depend on X Windows. -Don -- Don MacQueen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave., L-627 Livermore, CA 94550 925-423-1062