Re:

[ws]

> >This is because Octave gives the warning right when it fires up 
> 
> This is not what I see.  If I comment out all the plotting commands, no
> warning is logged by Apache.  If I just uncomment the first one, that is
>    figure("visible","off")
> then the warning is visible in Apache's log.

Hmm.  Running from the command line, I get the warning right away.

I tried to start a conversation on maintainers re changing this, but it hasn't 
appeared yet.  I posted via Gmane, which might have something to do with it.