[bouncing this back onto the list] On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Yeung (Billy) Au wrote:
> Thanks for replying. Do you think this has to do with my Windows Vista > system? Would it be worthwhile to try running it on a Mac OS or Linux system? We certainly use those systems more frequently (we're not allowed to use Vista at all, and we don't personally spend much time in front of XP machines). FiPy should work on Windows, but it's just not what we use day-to-day. Setting FiPy aside, can you execute any of the examples at http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ ? You might need to experiment with different matplotlib backends: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/installing_faq.html#backends