[Matplotlib-users] installation problem/crash

2007-12-11 Thread Ryan Krauss
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

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installation problem/crash

2007-12-11 Thread John Hunter
On Dec 11, 2007 1:01 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

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installation problem/crash

2007-12-11 Thread Fernando Perez
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

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installation problem/crash

2007-12-11 Thread Ryan Krauss
Pretty sure it's a newer chip, but I will find out. On Dec 11, 2007 2:06 PM, Fernando Perez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installation problem/crash

2007-12-11 Thread Ryan Krauss
Fernando was right on. Here is his response to me: Laptop - Ok Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (ClawHammer) 1.67 GHz, 768 MB of RAM Chipset: SiS 755/755FX Southbridge: SiS LPC Bridge Instructions: MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, x86-64 Machine 1 - Crashes Windows