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ralph_hellgrind

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Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

I have been using R in Arch Linux for quite a while. But now the following snippets of code are giving the following errors-

D <- read.csv("some_file.csv", sep = ";")

View(D)

Error in .External2(C_dataviewer, x, title) : unable to start data viewer In addition: Warning message: In View(D) : unable to open display

plot(D$Temperature ~ D$Hour)

Error in .External2(C_X11, d$display, d$width, d$height, d$pointsize, : unable to start device X11cairo In addition: Warning message: In (function (display = "", width, height, pointsize, gamma, bg, :
unable to open connection to X11 display ''

echo $DISPLAY

wayland-0

Why is this happening? Things were working fine before. I am using R version 3.4.3 on x86_64 system.

Thanks!

pacman -Qm

aic94xx-firmware 30-9
google-chrome 63.0.3239.108-1
gstreamer0.10 0.10.36-4
gstreamer0.10-bad 0.10.23-20
gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.36-3
gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.31-11
gstreamer0.10-mm 0.10.11-2
gstreamer0.10-ugly 0.10.19-16
wd719x-firmware 1-3

Last edited by ralph_hellgrind (2018-02-05 22:55:33)

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

Please use code tags when pasting to the boards: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code

Paste the output of `pacman -Qm`

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ralph_hellgrind

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

Please use code tags when pasting to the boards: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code

Paste the output of `pacman -Qm`

Done

Trilby

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

I've never used the 'View' command before, but I can confirm that it does work on an older system I had in the corner, but on my up-to-date system it fails.

Have you tried downgrading to confirm whether it is the r package itself?

EDIT: the above was cross posted with many edits in the thread...

Note that code tags should be around your commands and their ouput, not just random subsets of either one (which makes reading harder than not having them at all!)

Also note that your X11 errors now make sense: you are not running X.

Last edited by Trilby (2018-02-05 20:44:52)

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ralph_hellgrind

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

I've never used the 'View' command before, but I can confirm that it does work on an older system I had in the corner, but on my up-to-date system it fails.

Have you tried downgrading to confirm whether it is the r package itself?

EDIT: the above was cross posted with many edits in the thread...

Note that code tags should be around your commands and their ouput, not just random subsets of either one (which makes reading harder than not having them at all!)

Also note that your X11 errors now make sense: you are not running X.

I think (but cannot confirm) that "View" command was working in R 3.4.3. Why it's not working now is the question!

Trilby

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

Yes and we can't answer that question until we gather information.  If you want to help that process, take the time to confirm that 3.4.3 still works.

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ralph_hellgrind

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

Yes and we can't answer that question until we gather information.  If you want to help that process, take the time to confirm that 3.4.3 still works.

Yes, I am able to say execute "summary()", "str()", etc. are working.
Also, "plot()" and "view()" started working again!! I have no idea how this happened?!!! I didn't install or remove any packages using "pacman"!

Any explanation for this random behavior??

Trilby

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

Any explanation for this random behavior??

R's or yours?

It doesn't matter.  In either case the answer is 'No'.  You will not get any answers if you will not participate in the troubleshooting and provide the information requested.

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ralph_hellgrind

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

Any explanation for this random behavior??

R's or yours?

You will not get any answers if you will not participate in the troubleshooting and provide the information requested.

In R, "plot()" and "View()" started working. I repeat myself, R version 3.4.3 (2017-11-30) -- "Kite-Eating Tree" was and is "working". The only thing which was not working before were "plot" and "View()" which now have started working.
How have I not participated in troubleshooting?

Trilby

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

Eh, so everything is working now?  Then nevermind, just mark the thread as [SOLVED].  If/when the problem returns, downgrade and test the previous version to see if it works (as I requested in post #4 and again in post #6).

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ralph_hellgrind

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Re: Visualisation Error in R [SOLVED]

Eh, so everything is working now?  Then nevermind, just mark the thread as [SOLVED].  If/when the problem returns, downgrade and test the previous version to see if it works (as I requested in post #4 and again in post #6).

Alright, thanks for your help!