Eric:
First thanks for all the help. Here's the scoop after I replied to your
earlier post. I thought a bit about the sense of where you were going
(it always helps to think a bit). So I decided to try compiling
matplotlib with the GTK backend instead of Tk. I have gtk-2.11.5. So
I did s
Wayne,
Segfaults are generally caused by problems in extension code or
libraries. The fact that the plotting works with a non-gui backend
indicates that the problem is not in matplotlib's transform or Agg
extension code, or in the bits of numpy code that get used along the
way. I was pretty
Eric Firing wrote:
Wayne,
I'm stumped. Do you get a segfault only with the gui backend? Can
you you do this:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
import pylab
pylab.plot([1,2,3])
pylab.savefig('test.png')
Eric
OK, this worked. I have attached the test,png file that resulted. But
I'll second Eric's suggestion.
It might also help to have a backtrace from gdb in addition to your
strace output.
Cheers,
Mike
Wayne E. Harlan wrote:
> Eric Firing wrote:
>> If a straightforward plotting sequence, such as one of the examples,
>> does this, then it sounds like a broken installa
Wayne,
I'm stumped. Do you get a segfault only with the gui backend? Can you
you do this:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
import pylab
pylab.plot([1,2,3])
pylab.savefig('test.png')
Eric
Wayne E. Harlan wrote:
> Eric Firing wrote:
>> If a straightforward plotting sequence, such as o
