Error in RStudioGD() : Shadow graphics device error: r error 4 (R code execution error)

Question

I am trying to plot using Rstudio. But when I do, plot(cars) which is the basic function, I am getting an Graphics Error in R.
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Answer 1

I had the same issue and found James Mao's answer helpful, but I wanted to avoid reinstalling R so that I would not have to also reinstall all of my R packages. I was able to fix the issue by reinstalling RStudio without reinstalling R, which makes sense because the error is with RStudio, not R itself. Here are the instructions:

1. sudo service rstudio-server stop
2. remove all rstudio related files (sudo find / -name "rstudio" | xargs sudo rm -r)
3. re-install R studio server: http://www.rstudio.com/ide/download/server