>Anand Patil wrote: > > >>>>Matplotlib occasionally crashes Python at the end of a long program on >>>>my powerbook g4 running OS X 10.4. gdb output follows: >>>> >>>>Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory. >>>>Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0x0a68fe40 >>>>0x002eae50 in visit_decref (op=0x28a1cb0, data=0x0) at >>>>/Users/ronald/Python/r25/Modules/gcmodule.c:270 >>>>270 /Users/ronald/Python/r25/Modules/gcmodule.c: No such file or >>>>directory. >>>> in /Users/ronald/Python/r25/Modules/gcmodule.c >>>> >>>>or >>>> >>>>Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory. >>>>Reason: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at address: 0x00000056 >>>>0x002eae50 in visit_decref (op=0x28a17e0, data=0x0) at >>>>/Users/ronald/Python/r25/Modules/gcmodule.c:270 >>>>270 in /Users/ronald/Python/r25/Modules/gcmodule.c >>>> >>>>It's always something like that, and it always happens after the little >>>>Python icon starts bouncing around in the dock. I don't know anyone >>>>named Ronald and no such directory exists on my machine. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>What version of matplotlib, what version of Python and where did you >>>them from from (build from source, some binary installer, fink...?) >>> >>>-- Russell >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>It's Python 2.5, and the new Matplotlib 0.9 built from source. I saw the >>same problem with Python 2.4.3 and Matplotlib 0.8.(can't remember), >>which was part of the reason I upgraded. However, I didn't look at the >>problem with gdb using the earlier versions. >> >> > >This still sounds like a problem in which some component was built with >a different version of another component than the one you are actually >running. Are you sure you have only the one version of mpl and one >version of python, so that the former was compiled against the latter? > And the same for numpy or Numeric or numarray? > > Totally sure, I erased my old site-packages directory and started over. I'm using the latest release of numpy.
>You might want to look back through the mailing list archive; there has >been a lot of discussion recently about how to get a working combination >of numpy and mpl on a Mac. > > Will do. Come to think of it, could this be a problem with Python itself? gcmodule.c sounds like the garbage collector. Thanks, Anand ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
