import pylab crashes python

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Hello,

I am running Python 2.5.2 on win xp sp3 on an Intel Core2 Duo. After
installation of matplotlib-1.0.0.win32-py2.5.exe I get a Windows crash
on importing pylab.
import pylab -> An unhandled win32 exception occured in python.exe [5048]
import matplotlib works

I did not add anything to the matplotlibrc. I uninstalled matplotlib
and re-installed with the same problem.
matplotlib-0.99.3.win32-py2.5.exe gives me the same problem.
The older version I had installed before (forgot which one) worked fine.

Dan

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From: D [mailto:dalist0@…287…]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 16:52

I am running Python 2.5.2 on win xp sp3 on an Intel Core2 Duo. After
installation of matplotlib-1.0.0.win32-py2.5.exe I get a Windows crash
on importing pylab.
import pylab -> An unhandled win32 exception occured in
python.exe [5048]
import matplotlib works

I did not add anything to the matplotlibrc. I uninstalled matplotlib
and re-installed with the same problem.
matplotlib-0.99.3.win32-py2.5.exe gives me the same problem.
The older version I had installed before (forgot which one)
worked fine.

Can you 'import numpy' and 'import matplotlib.pyplot'? What is your
numpy.__version__?

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Hi Stan,

Seems numpy was the culprit. I upgraded to numpy-1.5.1 and now it works.
Python and runtime updates were not sufficient.

Thanks

Daniel