I deleted my /.matplotlib/fontManager.cache file and ran the script again, and now everything is working fine.
Thank you for your help. >It appears to be finding "wadalab-gothic" as the font, which is a >Japanese font. Now, *why* it is doing that is the million dollar question. > >It should (by default) by loading the Bitstream Vera Sans font >(Vera.ttf) from >/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf. I >would verify that it is there and readable by the "user" that the CGI >script runs under. You can try refreshing the font-finding cache by >removing the file ~/.matplotlib/fontManager.cache. > >If that doesn't provide any clues, can you send me the fontManager.cache >(probably best off-list), and I'll see what fonts it *is* finding, again > hopefully providing more clues. > >One other thing to note about the output: it is loading the matplotlibrc >from /home/www/www/cgi-bin/, (since it is present), and not from >/home/private/mpl/.matplotlib/. Perhaps there is something incorrect in >that matplotlibrc file. > >Cheers, >Mike > >Tim Lewis wrote: >>> Can you set "verbose.level" to "debug-annoying" in your matplotlibrc and >>> send us the output? That may help provide an explanation as to why the >>> text is not appearing. Also, for good measure, can you provide your >>> matplotlibrc file, and information about the platform and versions of >>> Python that you are using? >> >> See the attachments. Their platform is RedHat Linux and python 2.4.3 >> >>> Do you get different results when you run at >>> the commandline vs. from an http request? It could be that incorrect >>> permissions (as user "apache", for instance) are causing the problems. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mike >> >> I'd like to run it from the command line, but I haven't done it before >> (and not sure how to do it); the web hosting server is in a land far >> far away. :-) I am just running the script from a http request. I >> can probably have them run it if need to. >> >> Thanks, >> >>> Tim Lewis wrote: >>>> I'm using the code from >>>> http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Using_MatPlotLib_in_a_CGI_script >>>> to generate plots from my web server. The plot shows up fine (w/o text) >>>> but when I use xlabel("x-axis"), ylabel("y-axis"), or title("A Chart"); >>>> no text shows up on the plot. Everything seems fine with the install >>>> and I don't get any errors when I run the script. It seems that that >>>> matplotlib is unable to find the font's and just simply ignores them -- >>>> I really dunno. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> SF.Net email is sponsored by: >>>> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >>>> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >>>> just about anything Open Source. >>>> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Matplotlib-users mailing list >>>> Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
