Ariel Rokem wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > >>>>>> import matplotlib >>>>>> matplotlib.__version__ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> '0.98.5.2' >>> >>> >> Ariel: This tells me you really didn't install it, or you installed it in a >> different version of python than you are trying to import it with. >> > > That does sound reasonable - but how do you explain what followed? > Ariel:
I don't pretend to understand how setuptools works. > >>> So - still no version update. I ran: >>> >>> 'easy_install matplotlib', which somehow seems to change the path >>> setting to find the most recent version of things (maybe someone here >>> can tell me how this happens?) now: >>> >>> >>> >>>>>> import matplotlib >>>>>> matplotlib.__version__ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> '0.99.0' >>> > > > > >> We'll need more details on this one - a simple script that triggers it and >> what backend you're using, for starters. >> >> > > Here's a simple script that triggers this behavior: > > from matplotlib import pylab > pylab.plot([0,1]) > pylab.show() > > When I run that from ipython, it hangs and doesn't respond to attempts > to keyboard interrupt. > > When I run it from the terminal it also hangs, running it with > --verbose-helpful, I get: > > backend MacOSX version unknown > > Is there another way to figure out which backend is being used? > > Cheers, > > Ariel > You are using the macosx backend. Can you try another backend, say TkAgg, by running: python test.py -dTkAgg ?? -Jeff -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : jeffrey.s.whita...@noaa.gov 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-113 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
