I just installed matplotlib 1.4.2 via pip, and executing the file matplotlib-1.4.2/examples/pylab_examples/tex_demo.py from the source tarball gives the same error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "matplotlib-1.4.2/examples/pylab_examples/tex_demo.py", line 29, in <module> plt.savefig('tex_demo') File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 577, in savefig res = fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line 1470, in savefig self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line 2194, in print_figure **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk3agg.py", line 97, in print_png return agg.print_png(filename, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py", line 521, in print_png FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py", line 469, in draw self.figure.draw(self.renderer) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line 59, in draw_wrapper draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line 1079, in draw func(*args) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line 59, in draw_wrapper draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/axes/_base.py", line 2092, in draw a.draw(renderer) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line 59, in draw_wrapper draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/axis.py", line 1128, in draw self.label.draw(renderer) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line 59, in draw_wrapper draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/text.py", line 581, in draw self._fontproperties, angle, mtext=mtext) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py", line 259, in draw_tex self._renderer.draw_text_image(Z, x, y, angle, gc) OverflowError: cannot convert float infinity to integer System information Linux mwlaptop 3.16.0-24-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 28 13:07:32 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users