diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/CPar.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/CPar.java
index 9880fdc91180ad613f46526d135946fd4210c28b..601b7cfe3280f6f288e0fa3b1ebe35cbd3bfb483 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/CPar.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/CPar.java
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ public final class CPar extends RExternalBuiltinNode {
             case "page":
                 // TODO:
                 return RDataFactory.createLogicalVectorFromScalar(false);
+            case "xaxp":
+            case "yaxp":
+                // TODO:
+                return RDataFactory.createDoubleVector(new double[]{0., 1., 5.}, RDataFactory.COMPLETE_VECTOR);
             default:
                 if (!FastROptions.IgnoreGraphicsCalls.getBooleanValue()) {
                     throw RError.nyi(RError.NO_CALLER, "C_Par parameter '" + name + "'");
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/R/fastrGraphics.R b/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/R/fastrGraphics.R
index 1167d18fa09e150f0d48090c88e579ed27bdaeb4..9cde5b5e91597afe621f622648bf6936854eece1 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/R/fastrGraphics.R
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/R/fastrGraphics.R
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # prints a warning message instructing the user to use grid/lattice/ggplot2 instead
 
 eval(expression({
-    graphicsWarning <- function(name) {
+    graphicsWarning <- function(name, ignore = NULL) {
         # lookup original function and fetch signature
         fun <- tryCatch(get(name, environment()), error=function(x) NULL)
         if(!is.null(fun)) {
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ eval(expression({
 
         if (.fastr.option('IgnoreGraphicsCalls')) {
             # we evaluate the arguments to simulate the function effects
-            replacementFun <- function(...) { if (is.null(sig)) list(...) else get(names(sig)); invisible(NULL); }
+            # some arguments must be ignored, because they are a promise
+            # to value that will be calculated inside the function before
+            # the argument is accessed
+            sigNames <- setdiff(base::names(sig), ignore)
+            replacementFun <- function(...) { if (is.null(sigNames)) list(...) else mget(sigNames, ifnotfound=as.list(rep(42, length(sigNames)))); invisible(NULL); }
         } else {
             replacementFun <- function(...) {
                 warning(paste0(name, " not supported.", " Note: FastR does not support graphics package and most of its functions. Please use grid package or grid based packages like lattice instead."))
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ eval(expression({
     }
 
     # Note: explicitly supported functions: din
-    # Note: harmless functions that we do not override: co.intervals, hist.default
+    # Note: harmless functions that we do not override: co.intervals, hist.default, axTicks
     # Note: S3 dispatch functions that may dispatch to lattice/ggplot2/etc. implementation: hist, contour, lines, pairs, points, text
 
     abline <- graphicsWarning("abline");
@@ -108,7 +112,6 @@ eval(expression({
     Axis <- graphicsWarning("Axis");
     axis.Date <- graphicsWarning("axis.Date");
     axis.POSIXct <- graphicsWarning("axis.POSIXct");
-    axTicks <- graphicsWarning("axTicks");
     barplot.default <- graphicsWarning("barplot.default");
     box <- graphicsWarning("box");
     boxplot.default <- graphicsWarning("boxplot.default");
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ eval(expression({
     layout <- graphicsWarning("layout");
     layout.show <- graphicsWarning("layout.show");
     lcm <- graphicsWarning("lcm");
-    legend <- graphicsWarning("legend");
+    legend <- graphicsWarning("legend", c('merge'));
     lines.default <- graphicsWarning("lines.default");
     locator <- graphicsWarning("locator");
     matlines <- graphicsWarning("matlines");