Re: [Matplotlib-users] Plotting issue with mpl = getting stuck

2008-05-13 Thread Eric Emsellem
Hi, thanks for the input. In fact this happens on a dual core machine. As for the Ipython version etc it is written at the end of my original email. I'll try to see with the Ipython forum maybe. Not sure where it comes from, which is the difficult part (mpl, ipython, or...?) I'll also try to iso

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Plotting issue with mpl = getting stuck

2008-05-13 Thread Darren Dale
It would also be useful to know what matplotlib version and backend you are using, and what version of ipython. For what its worth, I use ipython -pylab with svn/bzr ipython and the qt4agg backend on a multicore machine without any problems. If you can, I suggest trying the development branch of

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Plotting issue with mpl = getting stuck

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Droettboom
That's a good one ;) There are some pretty clever things done with threading when you do "ipython -pylab" to make the GUI and the shell responsive at the same time. I wonder if you've entered a race condition/deadlock or something. A useful piece of information is whether you are running on

[Matplotlib-users] Plotting issue with mpl = getting stuck

2008-05-13 Thread Eric Emsellem
Hi, I am having a recurrent (and very annoying) problem with plotting. Basically: I enter my Ipython session (with -pylab), execute a few commands from locally developed modules, and then try to make one plot. The plot does not appear (I don't get back the command line), and my session is then c