I found that if I include the line: options(bitmapType="cairo") in my R-script everything works fine! Knut Den 13. nov. 2012 18:06, skrev Wolfgang Huber: > Hi Knut > > if James' pointers do not help, can you please send an example script that reproduces the error and the output of sessionInfo. This type of matter is very system- and version-dependent. > > Best wishes > Wolfgang > > Il giorno Nov 13, 2012, alle ore 3:58 PM, James W. MacDonald <jmacdon at="" uw.edu=""> ha scritto: > >> Hi Knut, >> >> On 11/13/2012 7:14 AM, Knut Hansen wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to run a R-script which calls arrayQualityMetrics as a >>> batch-job on a remote machine. But I get the error message: >>> Error in X11(paste("png::", filename, sep ="), g$width, g$height, >>> pointsize, : >>> unable to start device PNG >> >> See R FAQ 7.19 (http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How- do-I-produce-PNG-graphics-in-batch-mode_003f) >> >> Best, >> >> Jim >> >> >>> >>> The script runs fine if I run it interactively from the command line. >>> >>> A bit of googleing tells me that this may have to do with the R png >>> device which needs the X11 device. >>> >>> Does anybody have any hints on how I can solve this? >>> >>> Knut Hansen >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bioconductor mailing list >>> Bioconductor at r-project.org >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >>> Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >> >> -- >> James W. MacDonald, M.S. >> Biostatistician >> University of Washington >> Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences >> 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, # 100 >> Seattle WA 98105-6099 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > >