Re: Graphic problem
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- Subject: [mg27054] Re: Graphic problem
- From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 04:58:51 -0500 (EST)
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"Yasvir A. Tesiram" <y.tesiram at pgrad.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message news:95b556$4kq at smc.vnet.net... > Hi, > I have run into a problem where when I generate a plot, for example as in, > > Plot[Sin[x],{x,-2,2}] > > I get nothing but what looks like an endless loop of a calculation and the > Front End just flickers away. I have written to Mathematica Support. That > was last week and still no reply. In the meanwhile I have removed > Mathematica completely and re-installed it but the same thing happens. I > have also run previous notebooks with graphics output, and they all work > fine. The problem occurs when I try to plot any new functions in a new > notebook. No other notebooks are running at the same time. The problem has > me stumped and if anyone has any ideas as to what might be happening, could > you please help. Below is what I have done so far to remedy the problem but > without any success. > > 1. Removed Mathematica (V4.0) completely and reinstalled. > 2. The OS is Win2K and I have basically reinstalled Win2K over the top of > the initial installation. > 3. Checked to see if Plot[Sin[x],{x,-2,2}] will run in the kernal without > the front end and yes it does. No problem. Well, clearly this has something to do with your computer, not Mathematica. And re-installing Win2K over an existing installation will not have any effect -- it retains all the existing DLLs, as just one example, and any corrupted executables etc. remain. Why not sit at any other computer for a few minutes to satisfy yourself that the problem is not Mathematica? Have you checked for viruses? Have you recently installed a new application? Low on memory? Low on spare hard drive space? -- Paul Lutus www.arachnoid.com