R-beta: Postscript command fails -- apply patch1 !

Martin Maechler maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Mon Jun 2 16:28:41 CEST 1997


>>>>> "Ina" == Ina Dau <ina at stats.ucl.ac.uk> writes:

    Ina> We are getting the following error:
    >> postscript(file="Rplot.ps")
    Ina>   Error in device("postscript", as.character(c(file, paper,
    Ina> family, bg, : unable to start device postscript

    Ina> This is R-0.49 under SunOS 4.1.3 and under Linux (kernel 2.0.0).
    Ina> The command worked fine on R-0.14 under the 2 above operating
    Ina> systems.

    Ina> Any ideas?

Yes,
you must apply the patch    "R-0.49.patch1" (dated April 24)
which you'll find at the same places as R-0.49
---  and if you get and apply that patch, don't forget to take the 2nd more
extensive one also, i.e. "R-0.49.patch2a.gz".


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