R graphics engine version 14 is not supported by this version of RStudio (neither v1.3.959 nor v1.4.1717)

[jsalas424]

I got the following error after upgrading R to the latest version

R graphics engine version 14 is not supported by this version of RStudio. The Plots tab will be disabled until a newer version of RStudio is installed. 

so I upgraded to the lastest RStudio v1.4.1717 from v1.3.959 following the official instructions here

I still do not have use of my Plots tab, when I run plot(c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7)), it just prints an empty 4kb pdf file to the current working directory instead of the expected:

R, RStudio, and OS Details:

> version
               _                           
platform       x86_64-pc-linux-gnu         
arch           x86_64                      
os             linux-gnu                   
system         x86_64, linux-gnu           
status                                     
major          4                           
minor          1.0                         
year           2021                        
month          05                          
day            18                          
svn rev        80317                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 4.1.0 (2021-05-18)
nickname       Camp Pontanezen 

> RStudio.Version()
$mode
[1] "server"

$version
[1] ‘1.4.1717’

$release_name
[1] "Juliet Rose"

jon@rstudio:~/R$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS"
VERSION_ID="20.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal

[andra]

I'm having the same problem. Only that I can't upgrade from RStudio v1.3.959 to v1.4.1717 due to the latest version incompatibility with macOS v10.13.6. R version 4.1.0 (2021-05-18) -- "Camp Pontanezen" is compatible with my system, and the downgrading to the last R version didn't work.

[jsalas424]

Cross post to discussion on reddot: https://www.reddit.com/r/RStudio/comments/p171l1/r_graphics_engine_version_14_is_not_supported_by/h8fjpvn/?context=3