Darren, When I make a clean build and install, set NEWCONFIG, and try to run I get a permission problem. It looks like the problem is that the global matplotlib.conf is not getting generated and installed at build/install time, but I have not investigated it.
Eric convert! Traceback (most recent call last): File "backend_driver.py", line 20, in <module> import matplotlib.backends as mplbe File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 712, in <module> from config import rcParams, rcdefaults File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/config/__init__.py", line 10, in <module> from mplconfig import rcParams, mplConfig, save_config, rcdefaults File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/config/mplconfig.py", line 473, in <module> filePriority=True) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/config/tconfig.py", line 549, in __init__ rconf = RecursiveConfigObj(configFilename) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/config/tconfig.py", line 311, in __init__ self.conf = self._load(filename) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/config/tconfig.py", line 314, in _load conf = mkConfigObj(filename,makeMissingFile) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/config/tconfig.py", line 289, in mkConfigObj unrepr=True) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/config/configobj.py", line 1189, in __init__ h = open(infile, 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlib.conf' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel