Still fighting on trying to get this to work. New problem now that I have got all the bundles installed and now X11 and CarbonEL is the error message in the subject
When I create a plot the quartz window opens but freezes with the spinning beachball.

This sounds like what would happen if "CarbonEL" isn't available (see the "Graphics" subsection, and the "Troubleshooting & FAQ" section from the Rdaemon help file). With the R daemon running --or in the console of the usual R application, outside of TextMate-- you should be able to enter

install.packages("CarbonEL")

to obtain it. (Note that it is install.packages with an "s" on the end; the command in the troubleshooting section of the Rdaemon help file suggests the singular form, which doesn't work.) If this absence isn't the problem I'm out of my depth!!

Cheers,
Paul