Re: tests in log-scale plots

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 6, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Kai Habel wrote:

> On 06.09.2011 19:51, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> On Sep 6, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Kai Habel wrote:
>> 
>>> Ben Abbott<address@hidden>  schrieb:
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Kai Habel wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> There is still a problem for Ben's MacOS setup. It is not clear whether 
>>>>> its a general MacOS problem or if it is something specific for Ben's 
>>>>> installation. I think he is currently changing his setup, maybe it works 
>>>>> then.
>>>> I can confirm that the commands below cause a core-dump on both MacOS 
>>>> 10.6.8 using Fink dependencies, and on MacOS 10.7.1 using MacPorts 
>>>> dependencies.
>>>> 
>>>> For 10.7.1 and MacPorts, I see ...
>>>> 
>>>>>> graphics_toolkit fltk ;
>>>>>> figure (1, 'visible', 'off')
>>>>>> panic: Segmentation fault: 11 -- stopping myself...
>>>> attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
>>>> save to `octave-core' complete
>>>> 
>>>> For 10.6.8 and Fink, I see ...
>>>> 
>>>> octave:1>  graphics_toolkit fltk ;
>>>> octave:2>  figure (1, 'visible', 'off')
>>>> octave:3>  panic: Bus error -- stopping myself...
>>>> attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
>>>> save to `octave-core' complete
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>> Ben is that with the same OpenGl driver? Which one is it?
>>> Kai
>> Apple's OpenGL libs are different for MacOS 10.6 and 10.7.
>> 
>>      http://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilities/
>> 
>> I'm not familiar with the details.
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
> Do you have a chance to test a Software renderer (Mesa) for OpenGL ?
> 
> Kai


You are asking if I've tried to use Mesa in place of OpenGL?

No I have not. But MacPorts does have a Mesa port available for x11. If you can 
tell me what I need to pass to configure I'll give it a try.

Ben