On Dec 11, 2007 12:01 PM, Ryan Krauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to help a student get started with > Python/Scipy/Numpy/Matplotlib in windows. On one of his machines, > everything seems to install correctly, we can call figure(1) without a > problem, and plotting is fine until we try the show() command. Then > python crashes without much in the way of useful information. His > laptop is completely fine. > > We have downloaded a current rc file and set the backend to TkAgg. > > Any thoughts? > > How do we get more info to track down the problem?
Go to the windows information screens and fetch out some CPU details. If it's a Pentium III, chances are the SSE2 instructions in the latest numpy binary are the culprit. If it's a newer chip, we'll need to dig deeper. Cheers, f ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
