Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-15 Thread john polo
Megha Patnaik wrote: > Great! You can navigate to choosing the resolution from the warning window. > will do. thanks for your help. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-15 Thread Megha Patnaik
Great! You can navigate to choosing the resolution from the warning window. 2008/11/16 john polo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Peter Dalgaard wrote: > >> from xdpyinfo: > >> screen #0: > >> dimensions:1280x800 pixels (289x21 millimeters) > >> resolution:112x968 dots per inch > > > > Ick! > >

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-15 Thread john polo
Peter Dalgaard wrote: >> from xdpyinfo: >> screen #0: >> dimensions:1280x800 pixels (289x21 millimeters) >> resolution:112x968 dots per inch > > Ick! > > Yes that will do that to you. > > You might want to try putting > > DisplaySize 339 212 > > in the Monitor section of xorg.conf > it

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-15 Thread Peter Dalgaard
john polo wrote: According to your setup, the system should believe that you have an ~8 inch screen (800/96) and >the default X11 window is 7x7 inches so there _should_ be plenty of room, but some systems try >to outsmart the user and use the actual physical dimensions, which could be smaller (hi

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-15 Thread Megha Patnaik
My xorg.conf has "Configured Monitor" as opposed to "Generic Monitor". Here is the relevant portion of my xorg.conf: Section "Device" Identifier"Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)" Driver"intel" EndSection Section "Mo

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-15 Thread john polo
megha patnaik wrote: > Hi John, > an R problem, but an X11 bug in Ubuntu. This is evident from plot(rnorm(10)) > failing to perform. If you are seeing this, then it is because X11 does not > automatically detect Intel graphic cards. The solution is to edit your > xorg.conf file, changing it to some

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-15 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Erik Iverson wrote: You should begin by telling us what you did to produce the result. That way we can tell if it's something in your R commands or not. If you give us step by step instructions to reproduce the problem (with simulated data, or a dataset distributed with R), it becomes much ea

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-14 Thread megha patnaik
The steps I carried out to detect where the problem was were as follows: 1. Checked whether basic plots in R worked 2. Created a new UID ( which did not have my saved settings in R) and tried basic plots. If 2. told me that margins were too large, then this was not a problem due to my past command

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-14 Thread megha patnaik
Hi John, I had struggled with this myself, and investigation revealed that it isn't an R problem, but an X11 bug in Ubuntu. This is evident from plot(rnorm(10)) failing to perform. If you are seeing this, then it is because X11 does not automatically detect Intel graphic cards. The solution is to

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-14 Thread Erik Iverson
John - john polo wrote: Erik Iverson wrote: You should begin by telling us what you did to produce the result. That way we can tell if it's something in your R commands or not. If you give us step by step instructions to reproduce the problem (with simulated data, or a dataset distributed wit

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-14 Thread john polo
Erik Iverson wrote: > You should begin by telling us what you did to produce the result. > That way we can tell if it's something in your R commands or not. If > you give us step by step instructions to reproduce the problem (with > simulated data, or a dataset distributed with R), it becomes muc

Re: [R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-14 Thread Erik Iverson
You should begin by telling us what you did to produce the result. That way we can tell if it's something in your R commands or not. If you give us step by step instructions to reproduce the problem (with simulated data, or a dataset distributed with R), it becomes much easier to debug. In

[R] configuring graphics device in Linux

2008-11-14 Thread john polo
greetings, i'm trying plot() from Owen's _The R Guide_ and having trouble with being able to view the result. the Graphics Device 2 draws an image i can only see the top part of and when i try to manipulate the window to see the image, the window then says: "...ure margins too lar..." in large let