python crashes when plot saved as png

Hello,

When I tried out "python simple_plot.py" and tried to save it as a png file, python crashes. No problem with saving it to jpeg, though.

My system: W2K SP4/Python2.3.2/matplotlib-0.31

Here's some traceback:

<quote>
python.exe caused an Access Violation at location 77f92373 in module ntdll.dll Writing to location 00000010.

Registers:
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=7803a710 edi=00000000
eip=77f92373 esp=0012e83c ebp=0012e89c iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000202

Call stack:
77F92373 ntdll.dll:77F92373 RtlpWaitForCriticalSection
77F922F8 ntdll.dll:77F922F8 RtlImageDirectoryEntryToData
03B5C06C libpng.dll:03B5C06C png_set_read_fn
01F5F480
00FA5192 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll:00FA5192 gdk_pixbuf_new_from_xpm_data
00FA53FF libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll:00FA53FF gdk_pixbuf_savev
00E822DA _gtk.pyd:00E822DA init_gtk
1E0591AA python23.dll:1E0591AA PyCFunction_Call
</quote>

Regards,
ST

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