Hi Rob, A couple of us reported this last week on the scipy list and I think it should be fixed in the version which was just released by Enthought, so if your friend will persevere and grab the latest version, it should be OK - I hope to try it out today.
Gary R. Rob Hetland wrote: > > I am trying to help somebody get going on numpy/scipy/mpl. She is > having trouble when starting enthon's matplotlib. She is a PC user (I > am a unix/mac person), so I really don't know where to start finding the > problem. Below is her note to me. Any advice would be helpful. > > > """ > I got the enthought python etc. distribution (dated 7/5/06) again after > talking to you, and still get the same error with "from pylab import *" > Unfortunately, I can't grab the text from the ipython shell window, but > the gist is that pylab.m, tries to import Xaxis and Yaxis from axis, > axis.py tries to get FontProperties from font_manager.py, which in turn > looks for ft2font in matplotlib. Which is where the error message box > saying "entry point _ctype could not be located in the dll lib > msvcr71.dll" gets created. Maybe we should get another dummy tester to > try it. My system has several mscvr71.dll's and it's probably choosing to > use the wrong one.... > """ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
