Tcl/Tk errors from command line R
On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:43 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:23 PM, Peter Meilstrup wrote:
I often get errors like the following when trying to use a package that uses Tcl/Tk, under command-line R (2.10.0) or R via ESS, etc. I haven't been able to google anything useful on the error text. Does anyone know what the fix might be?
install.packages(ggplot2)
Have you tried that with dependencies=TRUE ?
install.packages is chosen as a convenient example of something that wants to show a Tk window. I'm not experiencing any problems with install.packages other than the problem with Tk. In this case, it wants to show a Tk window so that I can choose a CRAN mirror, but fails.
Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Error in structure(.External("dotTclObjv", objv, PACKAGE =
"tcltk"), class = "tclObj") :
[tcl] bad pad value "2m": must be positive screen distance.
On the occasions where it did work, the X11 Tk windows that came up
were not as nice as the interface that shows in R.app.
That is a bit vague, don't you agree?
This particular dialog box, when it did appear, was taller than my screen, so that I could not see the USA mirrors at the bottom of the list, or select the "OK" button, or resize or move it to a better situation. The dialog box that appeared under R.app could actually be used. Peter