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I successfully worked around the problem. Since the system OS is 
Centos, which is RedHat Enterprise built from the SRPMS, I grabbed the 
Fedora srpms for matplotlib and the associated dependencies, built and 
installed them. Since they were almost all python related it avoided 
the potential problems with installing Fedora rpms on a RHEL/Centos 
system. After doing this mathtext-related key errors did not occur.
I hope at some point in the future to go back and see what was actually 
different with install built from Fedora, however at this point I am 
still trying to get the system back in production use.
Steve Sweet wrote:
> Hi Edin,
>
> If I try without a matplotlibrc file at all I get the same error. When 
> I first installed I didn't have one other than the one installed by the 
> distribution. I thought that might be the problem so I created one (and 
> verified that it is actually being read) but I still get the errors.
>
> Steve
>
> Edin Salkovic wrote:
> 
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> On 6/27/07, Steve Sweet <sw...@sf...> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've installed matplotlib-0.90.1 on a Centos 5.0 box (Centos is
>>> identical to RedHat Enterprise). One of my users is running a script
>>> that previously worked with matplotlib on another system. I'm seeing
>>> the following errors
>>> [Wed Jun 27 12:25:17 2007] [error] [client 10.0.0.92] PythonHandler
>>> cv_wms: KeyError: 'mathtext.mathtext2'
>>>
>>> I've done a bit of snooping through the code and I searched the mailing
>>> list archive. I saw a message relating to matplotlib-0.87 indicating
>>> that the missing key needed to be added to the matplotlibrc file.
>>> However when I do so I get this message:
>>> [Wed Jun 27 12:17:35 2007] [error] [client x.x.x.x] Bad key
>>> "mathtext.mathtext2" on line 260 in
>>> [Wed Jun 27 12:17:35 2007] [error] [client x.x.x.x]
>>> /var/www/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc.
>>>
>>> When I remove the offending key I am back to the first error. I am
>>> using the matplotlibrc file that came with the 0.90.1 tarball. Does
>>> anyone have any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>> It seems like you have another (older) installation of matplotlib
>> somewhere on that system.
>>
>> Note that newer matplotlibs don't even require a matplotlibrc file in
>> the $HOME/.matplotlib dir. Have you tried removing it completely?
>>
>> If you still have problems, please post some more info.
>>
>> Edin
>> 
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Hi Edin,
If I try without a matplotlibrc file at all I get the same error. When 
I first installed I didn't have one other than the one installed by the 
distribution. I thought that might be the problem so I created one (and 
verified that it is actually being read) but I still get the errors.
Steve
Edin Salkovic wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> On 6/27/07, Steve Sweet <sw...@sf...> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've installed matplotlib-0.90.1 on a Centos 5.0 box (Centos is
>> identical to RedHat Enterprise). One of my users is running a script
>> that previously worked with matplotlib on another system. I'm seeing
>> the following errors
>> [Wed Jun 27 12:25:17 2007] [error] [client 10.0.0.92] PythonHandler
>> cv_wms: KeyError: 'mathtext.mathtext2'
>>
>> I've done a bit of snooping through the code and I searched the mailing
>> list archive. I saw a message relating to matplotlib-0.87 indicating
>> that the missing key needed to be added to the matplotlibrc file.
>> However when I do so I get this message:
>> [Wed Jun 27 12:17:35 2007] [error] [client x.x.x.x] Bad key
>> "mathtext.mathtext2" on line 260 in
>> [Wed Jun 27 12:17:35 2007] [error] [client x.x.x.x]
>> /var/www/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc.
>>
>> When I remove the offending key I am back to the first error. I am
>> using the matplotlibrc file that came with the 0.90.1 tarball. Does
>> anyone have any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> It seems like you have another (older) installation of matplotlib
> somewhere on that system.
>
> Note that newer matplotlibs don't even require a matplotlibrc file in
> the $HOME/.matplotlib dir. Have you tried removing it completely?
>
> If you still have problems, please post some more info.
>
> Edin

Hello darkside,
I tried your example and it works for me (with mpl-svn) using GTKAgg and 
doesn't work (like you reported) using TKAgg (Is this a bug?). 
Maybe you can switch to GTKAgg?
Otherwise you should report the mpl-version you are using.
>-------------------------------------
import matplotlib
#matplotlib.use("TKAgg")
matplotlib.use("GTKAgg")
import pylab
>---------------------------------------
best regards,
Matthias
On Thursday 28 June 2007 19:39, darkside wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I'm trying to do a program that opens two different plots and select one
> point of each one with a mouse event. Here you have my example:
>
>
> --------------------------
> import pylab
>
> def click(event):
> global x # allow to change global variable
> if event.button == 1:
> if event.inaxes:
> x = event.xdata # change global variable
> print " x - intern = ", x
> pylab.disconnect(cid)
> pylab.close()
> return x
>
> xlist = [] # list for x values
> global x
> #for i in xrange(4):
> fig = pylab.figure()
> ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
> pylab.title('primera')
> cid = pylab.connect('button_press_event', click)
> pylab.show()
> print " x - extern = ", x
> xlist.append(x)
> pylab.close()
>
> fig = pylab.figure()
>
> ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
> pylab.title('segunda')
> cid = pylab.connect('button_press_event', click)
> pylab.show()
> print " x - extern = ", x
> xlist.append(x)
> pylab.close()
> --------------------------------------------------
> The problem is that the click event only works with the first plot, in the
> second one I get the plot, but not the mouse event. So my output is:
> x - intern = 0.696277915633
> x - extern = 0.696277915633
> x - extern = 0.696277915633
> As you see, I only get the x-intern once.
>
> Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to do a program that opens two different plots and select one
point of each one with a mouse event. Here you have my example:
--------------------------
import pylab
def click(event):
 global x # allow to change global variable
 if event.button == 1:
 if event.inaxes:
 x = event.xdata # change global variable
 print " x - intern = ", x
 pylab.disconnect(cid)
 pylab.close()
return x
xlist = [] # list for x values
global x
#for i in xrange(4):
fig = pylab.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
pylab.title('primera')
cid = pylab.connect('button_press_event', click)
pylab.show()
print " x - extern = ", x
xlist.append(x)
pylab.close()
fig = pylab.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
pylab.title('segunda')
cid = pylab.connect('button_press_event', click)
pylab.show()
print " x - extern = ", x
xlist.append(x)
pylab.close()
--------------------------------------------------
The problem is that the click event only works with the first plot, in the
second one I get the plot, but not the mouse event. So my output is:
 x - intern = 0.696277915633
 x - extern = 0.696277915633
 x - extern = 0.696277915633
As you see, I only get the x-intern once.
Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

Hello,
I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but it don't work for me.
I have to open different sets of data, plot it, select an initial point,
make some calculations and save all the data.
Each plot have a diferente initial point, so I thought of do this with a fo=
r
sentences, opening each plot, doing all and so on.
But I open the first one, and then it plots the second one, but don't let m=
e
select the original point, it catches the previos one. And the same for the
rest.
And I don't know why it doesn't work.
Here you have all the program:
--------------------------
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- encoding: latin1 -*-
#Importamos los m=F3dulos necesarios:
import Numeric as num
import pylab
import random
import array
import sys
from matplotlib.widgets import SpanSelector
from matplotlib.widgets import Cursor
#Leemos el fichero que contiene el valor de la energia y la suma de los
espines:
def readfiles(filename):
 """
 Lee el fichero donde estan los datos. La primera fila del fichero nos d=
a
la temperatura y el numero de puntos.
 Las dos columnas tienen la energia y la suma de los spines.
 """
 fin =3D open (filename, 'r')
 fields =3D fin.readline()
 fin.close()
 labels =3D fields[1:].split()
 t =3D eval(labels[1])
 n =3D eval(labels[6])
 datos =3D pylab.load(filename,comments=3D'#')
 energia =3Ddatos[:,0]
 sumspines =3Ddatos[:,1]
 return t, n, energia, sumspines
def filelist(filename):
 fin =3D open(filename,'r')
 files =3D []
 for line in fin:
 files.append(line[:-1]),
 return files
def writefile(filename,start,cv,mag,t):
 """
 Escribimos en un fichero todos los datos de punto de corte, calores
especificos,
 magnetizacion y temperatura
 """
 fout =3D open(filename,'w')
 fout.write ("#punto de corte cv magnetizacion temperatura"=
)
 for i in range (len(start)):
 fout.write("%f \t %f \t %f \t %f \n" % (start[i],cv[i],
mag[i], t[i]))
 fout.close()
def cv(energia,T,n,g,start):
 """
 Calculamos el calor espec=EDfico segun la formula:
 Cv=3D k*B**2/(nx*ny)*(<H=B2> - <H>=B2
 donde:
 <H>=B2 =3D (sumatorio H/n) **2
 <H=B2> =3D (sumatorio H) **2 /n
 """
 hp =3D sum(energia[start:])/(n*g*g*2.)
 energia2 =3D num.asarray(energia)
 hp2 =3D sum(energia2[start:]**2)/n*(g*g*2)**2
# print 'Algunos valores de la energia: ',energia[start:start+10]
 return (hp2-hp**2)/(g*g*T**2)
def mag(sumspines,n,g,start):
 """
 Calculamos la magnetizacion, usando la formula:
 <M> =3D (sumatorio S) /n
 """
# print 'Algunos valores de sumspines: ', sumspines[start:start+10]
# print 'la n es: ', n
 return sum(sumspines[start:]) /(n*g*g)
def grid(zn):
 im1 =3D pylab.imshow(zn, cmap=3Dpylab.cm.gray, interpolation=3D'nearest=
')
 pylab.show()
def plotear(energia):
 fig=3Dpylab.figure(figsize=3D(8,6))
 ax =3D fig.add_subplot(111)
 x=3Dpylab.arange(0,len(energia),1)
 ax.plot(x,energia,linewidth=3D2)
 pylab.grid(True)
 cursor =3D Cursor(ax, useblit=3DFalse, color=3D'red', linewidth=3D2)
 cursor.horizOn =3D False
def click(event):
 global x
 #x,y =3D event.x,event.y
 if event.button =3D=3D 1:
 if event.inaxes:
# print 'coordenada x', event.xdata
 x =3D event.xdata
 pylab.disconnect(cid)
 pylab.close()
 return x
def main0 ():
 global cid
 filename =3D raw_input("Introduce el fichero de datos: ")
# t=3D temperatura
# n=3D numero de pasos
# energia =3D valores de la energia, sin normalizar (hay que multiplicar po=
r
# 1/( 2*nx*ny)
# sumspines=3D valor de la suma de los espines para cada energia
# g =3D grid (nx =3Dny)
 t, n, energia, sumspines =3D readfiles(filename)
 g =3D float(filename[(filename.find('-')+1):])
 plotear(energia)
 cid =3D pylab.connect('button_press_event', click)
 pylab.show()
 x1 =3D int(x)
 print 'Coordenada x: ',x1
 print 'El calor especifico es: ',cv(energia,t, n,g,x1)
 print 'La magnetizacion es: ', mag(sumspines,n,g,x1)
def main1():
 global x, cid
 filename =3D raw_input("Introduce el fichero con la lista: ")
 files =3D filelist(filename)
 start=3D[]
 cvall=3D[]
 magall=3D[]
 ts=3D[]
 for i in range(len(files)):
 t,n,energia,sumspines=3D readfiles(files[i])
 g =3D float(files[1][(files[1].find('-')+1):])
 plotear(energia)
 cid =3D pylab.connect('button_press_event', click)
 pylab.show()
 x1 =3D int(x)
 start.append(x1)
 cv1=3Dcv(energia,t, n,g,start[i])
 mag1=3D mag(sumspines,n,g,start[i])
 cvall.append(cv1)
 magall.append(mag1)
 ts.append(t)
 print 'Coordenada x: ',x1
 print 'El calor especifico es: ',cv1
 print 'La magnetizacion es: ', mag1
 filename2=3D'resultados_globales.%s' % (g)
 writefile(filename2,start,cvall,magall,ts)
def main2():
 print "todavia no esta hecho"
if __name__ =3D=3D "__main__":
 print "Selecciona una de las siguientes opciones: \n "
 print "Un solo fichero de datos (0)"
 print "Lista de ficheros de datos (1)"
 print "Lista de ficheros de datos y valores de corte (2)"
 option =3D input()
 if option =3D=3D0:
 main0()
 if option =3D=3D 1:
 main1()
 if option =3D=3D2:
 main2()
 -------------------------------------
2007年6月27日, Matthias Michler < Mat...@gm...>:
>
> Hello darkside,
>
> I'm a little confused that you are sending the email directly to me ...
> and I'm not sure I really understand your problem, but I set up an exampl=
e
> that hopefully satify your needs and shows that it works in principle :
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----------------------------------
>
> import pylab
>
> def click(event):
> global x # allow to change global variable
> if event.button =3D=3D 1:
> if event.inaxes:
> x =3D event.xdata # change global variable
> print " x - intern =3D ", x
> pylab.disconnect(cid)
> pylab.close()
>
> xlist =3D [] # list for x values
> global x
> for i in xrange(8):
> pylab.figure ()
> pylab.subplot(111)
> pylab.draw()
> cid =3D pylab.connect('button_press_event', click)
> pylab.show()
> print " x - extern =3D ", x
> xlist.append(x)
>
> pylab.figure()
> pylab.subplot(111)
> pylab.plot(xlist, 'b+', ms=3D8, mew=3D4) # plot ensemble of x values
> pylab.show()
>
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-------------------
>
> If this example is not sufficient for you, please set up a little example
> of
> your problem, which can be executed from here, too.
> This you may send to mpl mailing-list.
>
I have already tried this example and it doesn't work for me. It catches
the same x for all the plots.
Thank you for you kind help.
P.D. I send the previous message to you because I clicked the reply button
and I didn't see that it was only you, sorry.

On 6/28/07, Nicolas <nic...@ya...> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> However, I don't want to had a PIL dependency.
>
> Is there any other method, using only matplotlib or wx ?
agg offers methods to convert the image pixel buffer to strings or
buffers, which you could then convert to numpy arrays, so a slice
extraction, and reconvert back to a buffer and ultimately a PNG. I
don't have time right now to write some example code, but you may want
to poke around in backend_agg to see if you can figure it out, and if
not remind me next week.
Thanks,
JDH

Hi mpl-ers,
while working on some multiple subplots I noticed the following:
1) multiple subplots in a column overlap slightly (xticklabels and the
following title), depending on font size I guess; is this known or how
could this be fixed?
2) the set xticklabels example on p.27 of the current user guide doesn't
seem to work; after looking at the axes.py source I figured out that
	mysubplot.set_xticklabels([])
should work, and it does; on the cookbook page I then found another
solution:
	setp(get_xticklabels(), visible=False)
which I haven't tried. I'm a bit confused by these different approaches
(although I guess it's a feature of mpl); for example wouldn't it be
more natural to just be able to do
	mysubplot.xticklabels = []
which however doesn't work, IIRC.
setup is mpl 0.90.1 with numpy 1.0.3 and python 2.5.1 on windows xp
thanks,
sven

Hi,
I have problems installing matplotlib 0.90.1. An error occurs when doing
"python setup.py build":
/usr/include/features.h:150:1: warning: this is the location of the previous
definition
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp: In member function `Py::Object
RendererAgg::write_png(const Py::Tuple&)':
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2040: error: `png_structp' undeclared (first use
this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2040: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported
only once for each function it appears in.)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2040: error: expected `;' before "png_ptr"
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2041: error: `png_infop' undeclared (first use this
function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2041: error: expected `;' before "info_ptr"
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2042: error: aggregate `png_color_8_struct sig_bit'
has incomplete type and cannot be defined
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2043: error: `png_uint_32' undeclared (first use
this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2043: error: expected `;' before "row"
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2045: error: `png_bytep' undeclared (first use this
function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2045: error: `row_pointers' undeclared (first use
this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2045: error: `png_bytep' has not been declared
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2046: error: `row' undeclared (first use this
function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2057: error: `png_ptr' undeclared (first use this
function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2057: error: `PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING' undeclared
(first use this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2057: error: `png_create_write_struct' undeclared
(first use this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2064: error: `info_ptr' undeclared (first use this
function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2064: error: `png_create_info_struct' undeclared
(first use this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2067: error: `png_destroy_write_struct' undeclared
(first use this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2079: error: `png_init_io' undeclared (first use
this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2082: error: `PNG_COLOR_TYPE_RGB_ALPHA' undeclared
(first use this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2082: error: `PNG_INTERLACE_NONE' undeclared (first
use this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2083: error: `PNG_COMPRESSION_TYPE_BASE' undeclared
(first use this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2083: error: `PNG_FILTER_TYPE_BASE' undeclared
(first use this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2083: error: `png_set_IHDR' undeclared (first use
this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2092: error: `png_set_sBIT' undeclared (first use
this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2094: error: `png_write_info' undeclared (first use
this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2095: error: `png_write_image' undeclared (first use
this function)
src/_ns_backend_agg.cpp:2096: error: `png_write_end' undeclared (first use
this function)
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
Any ideas what I can do?
Also, how to install matplotlib in an other directory? I tried:
> python setup.py --prefix=/home/Install install
and
>python setup.py install --prefix=/home/Install
but both commands did not work, although it is written I shall use the
'--prefix' argument to specify a different directory !?!
Any ideas?
Thanks
 Alex

Thanks for your reply.
However, I don't want to had a PIL dependency.
Is there any other method, using only matplotlib or wx ?
Nicolas

Le jeudi 28 juin 2007, Nicolas a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to export a zone of a Figure in .png.
> Something like figure.savefig("mypicture.png", box =3D (0,0,5,5))
> How may I proceed, without drawing all the plots again ?
> I use wxagg.
> Thanks,
>
> Nicolas
>
> ---------------------------------
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Look at PIL, you have normaly a such function there.
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Hi,
I would like to export a zone of a Figure in .png.
Something like figure.savefig("mypicture.png", box = (0,0,5,5))
How may I proceed, without drawing all the plots again ?
I use wxagg.
Thanks,
Nicolas
 
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Hello,
I have been trying to plot using custom symbols. I tried three methods:
1) Using LineCollections to plot my own symbols based in a hack kindly
provided by Christopher Barker. Problems: I can not plot the custom
symbols in the legend as the normal markers.
2) Using the custom symbol option in the scatter plot. Problems: the same
as before with the markers in the legend; the symbols looks odd because I
try to plot arrow-like symbols and this feature looks to be thought to
plot closed regular star-like symbols (?).
3) Pathching the source code to define new markers and plot it. This
method works fine but I am tired of patching in a different way each new
release. I realize this is not an "universal" way.
Is there any standar way of plotting custom symbols (with similar
properties as the markers in "plot")?
Thank you.
Regards,
Jose Sabater

Alexander Dietz a écrit :
> Hi,
>
Hi,
> I hope this is the right place to post this question, which is related 
> to numpy, or numeric or something else...
I guess you should try scipy-user at scipy.org ml.
Cheers,
-- 
http://scipy.org/FredericPetit

>
> I want to do some matrix operations, like a singular value decomposition
> (svd) or to calculate random number from the multivariate_normal
> distributions. These two functions exist in 'numeric', but I cannot use them
> (they hang up or give some errors).
> Maybe there is any package to download that is compatible with the current
> numpy/pylab/matplotlib specifications? Or any other simple way to deal with
> such matrix operations? That would be very helpful...
>
Linear algebra (svd) can be found in numpy.linalg and random numbers can be
generated with the numpy.random module.
Matthieu

Hi,
I hope this is the right place to post this question, which is related to
numpy, or numeric or something else...
I want to do some matrix operations, like a singular value decomposition
(svd) or to calculate random number from the multivariate_normal
distributions. These two functions exist in 'numeric', but I cannot use them
(they hang up or give some errors).
Maybe there is any package to download that is compatible with the current
numpy/pylab/matplotlib specifications? Or any other simple way to deal with
such matrix operations? That would be very helpful...
Thanks
 Alex

Hi Dave,
this is in fact simple as most things in the world, allthough finding 
the solution could be soooo hard ;)
 >>> title('This is the first line\n second:line')
 volker
> Message: 4
> Date: 2007年6月27日 15:02:51 -0600
> From: David D Clark <dd...@la...>
> Subject: [Matplotlib-users] multiple line title
> To: mat...@li...
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
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> 
> Hello Folks,
> 
> Is there a way to make a multiple line title? I have looked through the
> documentation and googled, but have not found an answer. I would like
> something that looks like this
> 
> This is the first line
> second:line
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
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Hi,
 
 Is there a simple way to tighten the bounding box of a figure while 
exporting to eg png or pdf ? For now, I am modifying the bounding box 
directly in the files, which is far from optimal. I would like to get 
less space between the bounding box and the axis when using subplot.
 cheers,
 David

Hi Steve,
On 6/27/07, Steve Sweet <sw...@sf...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed matplotlib-0.90.1 on a Centos 5.0 box (Centos is
> identical to RedHat Enterprise). One of my users is running a script
> that previously worked with matplotlib on another system. I'm seeing
> the following errors
> [Wed Jun 27 12:25:17 2007] [error] [client 10.0.0.92] PythonHandler
> cv_wms: KeyError: 'mathtext.mathtext2'
>
> I've done a bit of snooping through the code and I searched the mailing
> list archive. I saw a message relating to matplotlib-0.87 indicating
> that the missing key needed to be added to the matplotlibrc file.
> However when I do so I get this message:
> [Wed Jun 27 12:17:35 2007] [error] [client x.x.x.x] Bad key
> "mathtext.mathtext2" on line 260 in
> [Wed Jun 27 12:17:35 2007] [error] [client x.x.x.x]
> /var/www/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc.
>
> When I remove the offending key I am back to the first error. I am
> using the matplotlibrc file that came with the 0.90.1 tarball. Does
> anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
It seems like you have another (older) installation of matplotlib
somewhere on that system.
Note that newer matplotlibs don't even require a matplotlibrc file in
the $HOME/.matplotlib dir. Have you tried removing it completely?
If you still have problems, please post some more info.
Edin

Thanks John and Angus. I can't wait to try out your recommendations.
I'm upgrading my system at the moment, so I'm not able to try them out
just now. It is promising that matplotlib seems to be able to handle
this pretty easily.