[opensuse] SuSE 10.3 problems with java : R GUI won't install

I have installed R
(http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/base/R-2/R-2.6.0.tar.gz)
and followed the installation instructions:
"put it in /usr/local/bin and then unpack, and just
say
"./configure", then "make", then "make install" inside
the R-2.6.0 directory"

R runs fine but just from command line.
I am also using R on Windows where it has a nice GUI.
I was directed to dowload and install R GUI for Linux
( http://rosuda.org/JGR/down.shtml)
I folowed the instructions for SuSE10.2 although I
have 10.3. I istalled java 1.6 as required.
But the R GUI won't work on SuSE10.3.
In the following I'm pasting the fatal error I get. 
R has its own mailing list where I have posted my
problem. All people who tried to install R GUI on SuSE
10.3 experienced the same problem that is unanimali
regarded as a SuSE 10.3 problem.
Dr E.A. Catchpole  wrote:

"This is a known problem with Suse10.3 --- lots of
things that use Java
(e.g., Matlab) produce the same error message.  I'm
currently trying to
fix this upon my machine, but haven't succeeded yet. 
Josh Triplett suggested the following:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6532373
This seems to have helped
several people.  But it didn't work for me.
A sure fix is going back to Suse10.2!"

I know many of you (in this forum) have all the
knowledge and expertise to suggest the workaround.
I would appreciate your help.
Thank you in advance,
Maura

************************************************
***  R GUI installation trace file *************

As root /i did the following:
linux-Mimin:/usr/local/bin # ./R

R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)
Copyright (C) 2007 The R Foundation for Statistical
Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain
conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution
details.

 Natural language support but running in an English
locale

R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
Type 'contributors()' for more information and
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in
publications.

Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line
help, or
'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
Type 'q()' to quit R.

> install.packages("JGR",dep=TRUE)
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this
session ---
CRAN mirror

 1: Argentina                   2: Australia (QLD)
 3: Australia (VIC)             4: Austria
 .........................................

Selection: 20
trying URL
'http://www.centervenus.com/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/JGR_1.5-5.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 370920 bytes
(362 Kb)
opened URL
==================================================
downloaded 362 Kb

* Installing *source* package 'JGR' ...
** R
** inst
** help
 >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'JGR'
    Formats: text html latex example
 jgr.addMenu                       text    html   
latex   example
 jgr.addMenuItem                   text    html   
latex   example
 jgr.addMenuSeperator              text    html   
latex   example
 supplements                       text    html   
latex
** building package indices ...
* DONE (JGR)

The downloaded packages are in
       /tmp/Rtmp8XtRf8/downloaded_packages
Updating HTML index of packages in '.Library'
> library(JGR)
Loading required package: rJava
Loading required package: JavaGD
Loading required package: iplots
R: xcb_xlib.c:52: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion
`c->xlib.lock' failed.
Aborted





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