Re: [ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)
Robin, Robin Menneer wrote: I've spent all day looking at loading gnuplot and fityk as well as a dozen of other curvefitting packages on the web including xplot and have found none that are simple enouigh for me to install without my risking messing my memory/files up. What do you mean by these packages messing up your memory/files? I've installed gnuplot using apt-get install gnuplot without anything being messed up so far as I can see. Has nobody cleaned up a curvefiitting program in Ubuntu sufficiently for a thickie to run ? Have you considered the graphing available to you in OpenOffice SpreadSheet? It may do something simple to get you going. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)
On 2/25/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robin, Robin Menneer wrote: I've spent all day looking at loading gnuplot and fityk as well as a dozen of other curvefitting packages on the web including xplot and have found none that are simple enouigh for me to install without my risking messing my memory/files up. What do you mean by these packages messing up your memory/files? I've installed gnuplot using apt-get install gnuplot without anything being messed up so far as I can see. In the instructions to install gnuplot there is a gap at the beginning. I could not find how to start installing despite reading the doc file README as suggested. I've never used apt and similar commands, having been using only fortran and basic and kept away from machine code. Is grace any easier - it seems to be but I could not fathom out how to load it. Has nobody cleaned up a curvefiitting program in Ubuntu sufficiently for a thickie to run ? My plea is that if you can write the instructions logically on a bit of paper, then they are programmable. Arn't there things called macros that are supposed to help in these instances ? I can't be the only thickie in the world, just one that complains instead of staying within the windows camp, or just ops out. Have you considered the graphing available to you in OpenOffice SpreadSheet? It may do something simple to get you going. I find OpenOffice very satisfying, using it more than anything else, and at first reading, the graphing (charting) facility in OO draws graphs but when I looked into it in detail (and on several occasions because of my finding), I came to the conclusion that one axis has to be discontinuous (like a bar chart) so I can't plot a proper curve on it. Your reply brings me hope that I am wrong. Thank you for your attention, Robin Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] start up problems
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:10 +, ged byrom wrote: I am having problems at start up. I am using kubuntu edgy. My problem is that sometimes it starts up and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I get pc out of frequency with some numbers in khz and hz. These numbers can change. Sometimes I just get a blank screen and I can't get anything if I press ctrl-alt-F1. It might start up 1 in 4 or 5 tries. It will sometimes start in another kernel but sometimes it won't. I have edited my /boot/grub/menu.1st and removed splash and added apm=power-off. It seemed to work at first but now I'm back to square 1. Can anyone suggest anything else to try. Does anyone out there know how I can get rid of the kubuntu screen so I can see all of the loading up on a permanent basis.I know it's pretty but I'd like to see what's going in and where it is hanging up are you sure its ubuntu/linux that is not working here? might it be the bios? you could remove the usplash symlink in your /etc/RC0.d/ directory to stop usplash (the loading screen) to just get a normal text output but be sure to backup anything you start messing with :) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)
Robin, Robin Menneer wrote: In the instructions to install gnuplot there is a gap at the beginning. I could not find how to start installing despite reading the doc file README as suggested. I've never used apt and similar commands, having been using only fortran and basic and kept away from machine code. Is grace any easier - it seems to be but I could not fathom out how to load it. Use Synaptic! Search for gnuplot and then install it. Presumably, you've used Synaptic before to install stuff? You will ned packages gnuplot, gnuplot-nox and gnuplot-x11 (for seeing graphs on the screen). gnuplot-doc is probably essential. Not sure about grace. I think I may have tried it some years ago. Have you considered the graphing available to you in OpenOffice SpreadSheet? It may do something simple to get you going. I find OpenOffice very satisfying, using it more than anything else, and at first reading, the graphing (charting) facility in OO draws graphs but when I looked into it in detail (and on several occasions because of my finding), I came to the conclusion that one axis has to be discontinuous (like a bar chart) so I can't plot a proper curve on it. Your reply brings me hope that I am wrong. Thank you for your attention, Thinking about it, I think you are right. And that was the reason I installed gnuplot, 'cos I had X,Y pairs I needed to plot. gnuplot is run in a terminal and has a command line interface, so it does take a bit of learning to get used to it. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] start up problems
gord wrote: On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:10 +, ged byrom wrote: I am having problems at start up. I am using kubuntu edgy. My problem is that sometimes it starts up and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I get pc out of frequency with some numbers in khz and hz. These numbers can change. Sometimes I just get a blank screen and I can't get anything if I press ctrl-alt-F1. It might start up 1 in 4 or 5 tries. It will sometimes start in another kernel but sometimes it won't. I have edited my /boot/grub/menu.1st and removed splash and added apm=power-off. It seemed to work at first but now I'm back to square 1. Can anyone suggest anything else to try. Does anyone out there know how I can get rid of the kubuntu screen so I can see all of the loading up on a permanent basis.I know it's pretty but I'd like to see what's going in and where it is hanging up are you sure its ubuntu/linux that is not working here? might it be the bios? you could remove the usplash symlink in your /etc/RC0.d/ directory to stop usplash (the loading screen) to just get a normal text output but be sure to backup anything you start messing with :) Or edit the grub menu and remove the word 'splash' from the kernel line. You can do this at boot time, thus leaving your system unchanged. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
