I use Debian stable. The python-matplotlib package version is 0.99.3-1. Here is a small program which threw many exceptions whenever I moved the mouse across the matplotlib display.
#! /usr/bin/env python import matplotlib import matplotlib.pyplot as plt counts = [1, 8, 71] diffs = range(len(counts)) plt.plot(diffs, counts) plt.axes([0, 200, 0, 100]) plt.show() Here is one of the tracebacks: Exception in Tkinter callback Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1413, in __call__ return self.func(*args) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py", line 246, in motion_notify_event FigureCanvasBase.motion_notify_event(self, x, y, guiEvent=event) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line 1244, in motion_notify_event guiEvent=guiEvent) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line 899, in __init__ LocationEvent.__init__(self, name, canvas, x, y, guiEvent=guiEvent) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line 813, in __init__ axes_list = [a for a in self.canvas.figure.get_axes() if a.in_axes(self)] File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/axes.py", line 1538, in in_axes return self.patch.contains(mouseevent)[0] File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/patches.py", line 502, in contains x, y = self.get_transform().inverted().transform_point( File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/transforms.py", line 1430, in inverted self._inverted = Affine2D(inv(mtx)) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/numpy/linalg/linalg.py", line 423, in inv return wrap(solve(a, identity(a.shape[0], dtype=a.dtype))) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/numpy/linalg/linalg.py", line 306, in solve raise LinAlgError, 'Singular matrix' LinAlgError: Singular matrix A Google search on "matplotlib mouseevent singular matrix" found that a similar problem was discussed in matplotlib-users on Jul 29, 2008: "bar plot picker with 0 height data". John Hunter committed a fix: "svn r5922". The program that caused the bug in 2008 works on my system. The problem is: The docs for matplotlib.pyplot.axes say [left, bottom, width, height] but the docs for matplotlib.pyplot.axis say [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax]. I should have used "axis" where I used "axes" which is an easy error to make. I suggest that "axes" should raise an exception if width or height is zero. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users