Hello: I am getting an identical error to the error encountered by Charlie Moad (posted Apr 10, 2006; 08:46am). I am running Python 2.4.4 (#71, Oct 18 2006, 08:34:43) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 with Matplotlib v 0.87.7. my system is:
XP home, SP2 on a Dell XPS600, Dual Core P4 3.40GHz, 1 GB RAM the error thread is exactly the same: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python24\test.py", line 33, in -toplevel- pylab.savefig(filename)#,dpi=100) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pylab.py", line 813, in savefig return fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\figure.py", line 682, in savefig self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_agg.py", line 456, in print_figure self.draw() File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_agg.py", line 392, in draw self.figure.draw(renderer) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\figure.py", line 544, in draw for a in self.axes: a.draw(renderer) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\axes.py", line 1063, in draw a.draw(renderer) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\axis.py", line 561, in draw tick.draw(renderer) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\axis.py", line 161, in draw if self.label1On: self.label1.draw(renderer) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\text.py", line 838, in draw Text.draw(self, renderer) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\text.py", line 340, in draw bbox, info = self._get_layout(renderer) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\text.py", line 187, in _get_layout w,h = renderer.get_text_width_height( File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_agg.py", line 239, in get_text_width_height texmanager = self.get_texmanager() File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backend_bases.py", line 413, in get_texmanager from matplotlib.texmanager import TexManager File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\texmanager.py", line 61, in -toplevel- class TexManager: File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\texmanager.py", line 83, in TexManager dvipngVersion = get_dvipng_version() File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\texmanager.py", line 58, in get_dvipng_version raise RuntimeError('Could not obtain dvipng version') RuntimeError: Could not obtain dvipng version I saw in the message thread that a fix was committed, is this universal? many thanks, bernard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel