>> Trying to import pylab from the shell gives me a Bus Error. > [...] >> Anybody have any ideas on what to do from here? > > Follow the instructions in the SEGFAULTS file, which begins as > follows: > > | First thing to try is simply rm -rf the site-packages/matplotlib and > | build subdirs and get a clean install. Installing a new version > over > | a pretty old version has been known to cause trouble, segfault, etc.
Thanks Jouni, For the sake of posterity- after going through a witch-hunt of stale library versions, etc, it turned out that nuking the matplotlib dir from my site-packages folder was probably what ended up doing the trick. If you, like me, have python installed in via macports, note that you'll have two site-packages folders (in this case, it's python 2.4): * /opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packates * /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/site-packages Not sure how it might happen, but it wouldn't hurt to ensure that there isn't a matplotlib install in both of those places :-) Thanks again, -steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
