Re: Print Plot Results in all Black plot in file

[Markus Appel]

On 08/04/2015 12:40 AM, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 15:34:22 -0700, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
>> When I open sin.png with eog, the axis labels are OK, but, the
>> plot is just a black square.
>> 
>> I have something set wrong, but, what?
> 
> Nope, it's
> 
>> G N U P L O T Version 5.1 patchlevel 0    last modified
>> 2015-07-11
> 
> It's a known bug, see http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42838.
> 
> I don't remember if there's a viable patch on that bug report yet
> or what the status is.
> 
> You can downgrade to gnuplot 4, that works for me. Or use the
> other toolkits if you can.
> 

I have had this 'black-squares-over-my-plots'-problem as well for some
time, but could not find the time and motivation (yet) to get to the
bottom of it.
As workaround for the time being I suggest trying -dpngcairo or
-dpdfcairo as print terminal, works for me.