I'll also give a "blanket" answer to these sorts of gremlins: Remove the "build" directory in the source tree Remove site-packages/matplotlib (usually in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages) Rebuild everything
Cheers, Mike Michael Droettboom wrote: > It also may be of interest which version of freetype you have installed. > > Michael Droettboom wrote: >> Another user reported this bug, which I still have been unable to >> reproduce -- >> >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=4794E454.4070700%40bostream.nu >> >> >> >> Jorgen tracked it down to a specific font on his system that he was >> able to delete and then things worked. Unfortunately, when I tried >> the same font on my system, I could not reproduce the error. Perhaps >> this issue has to do with the *number* of fonts. Do you have an >> unusually large amount of fonts? >> >> Cheers, >> Mike >> >> Tiago de Paula Peixoto wrote: >>> Hi there. >>> >>> I'm encountering the following error when importing >>> matplotlib.font_manager: >>> >>> $ python >>> Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jan 7 2008, 22:53:42) [GCC 4.2.2 (Gentoo >>> 4.2.2 p1.0)] on linux2 >>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>>>> import matplotlib.font_manager >>> python: CXX/cxx_extensions.cxx:1128: virtual >>> Py::PythonExtensionBase::~PythonExtensionBase(): Assertion `ob_refcnt >>> == 0' failed. >>> Aborted >>> >>> I wasn't able to figure out where the problem might be. Could anybody >>> help? >>> >>> My (gentoo) system is the following: >>> matplotlib 0.91.2 >>> python 2.5.1 >>> GCC 4.2.2 >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Tiago >>> >> > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users