[RkWard-devel] installing packages hangs

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi,

> Well, I tried again to see if there was a mirror selection window
> that popped up somewhere else, and there is no window anywhere.  I've
> checked all virtual desktop spaces and have moved windows around to
> make sure that it didn't pop up somewhere else.  I've attached a
> screenshot with the windows that are up and the relevant terminal
> output.  This is a very vexing problem as this is really the last
> feature I really need for my R GUI on Linux needs.

as you may have noted, your post did not go through to the list, due to the 
screenshot. Size limit is 100KB. Anyway, the screenshot does not really show 
anything unusual. Ok, two questions:

1) If you invoke a plain session of R (i.e. not in rkward, no other frontend), 
and run 
CRAN.packages ()
what exactly do you get? Does a window come up? Does R ask for input on the 
terminal?

2) This may sound a bit weird, but try this: When this happens, go to the 
terminal you started rkward from (and that's now saying "Selection:", and 
press enter (or perhaps try some other keys / numbers). Possibly for some 
reason, R tries to ask you to specify a mirror with StdIn.

Thanks!
Thomas