Re: can not get octave to plot - posting again

[Ben Abbott]

On Aug 23, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Nasreddin Hodja wrote:

> I hope this one goes through...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --tolga
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nasreddin Hodja <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:16 PM
> Subject: can not get octave to plot
> To: address@hidden
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> My OS: Mac OSX 10.5.6
> My Octave version: 3.2.2
> My GnuPlot version: 4.2.5
>
> I installed both GnuPlot and Octave.  Also installed control toolbox  
> for octave, which works fine...
>
> But when I try to use the “plot” function in Octave I get the  
> following error pasted below:
>
> FYI: I run X11 beforehand and I already set the DISPLAY to 0.0 in  
> my .zshrc. The gnuterm is set to aqua (no idea what that is but it  
> should be ok, as I followed many threads on this - though i don't  
> think it changes anything when I set it to x11)
>
> ERROR is:
>
> octave-3.2.2:1> plot(1:10)
> error: __gnuplot_get_var__: Can not make fifo (No such file or  
> directory)
> error: called from:
> error:   /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/ 
> 3.2.2/m/plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m at line 69, column 7
> error:   /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/ 
> 3.2.2/m/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m at line 39, column 18
> error:   /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/ 
> 3.2.2/m/plot/__go_draw_figure__.m at line 93, column 3
> error:   /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/ 
> 3.2.2/m/plot/gnuplot_drawnow.m at line 88, column 5
>
> Could you offer any help?
>
> Thanks,
> --tolga


Did you install AquaTerm as well?

If you have not install Aquaterm, please do try starting x11 and then  
from Octave's prompt ...

        setenv ("GNUTERM", "x11")
        plot (1:10)

If you get a plot, all you should need to do is install Aquaterm or  
set the GNUTERM environment to "x11".

Ben