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Re: Mathematica 6.0.0 no graphics output on Windows XP

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• Subject: [mg85327] Re: [mg85311] Mathematica 6.0.0 no graphics output on Windows XP
• From: Carl Woll <carlw at wolfram.com>
• Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 05:39:05 -0500 (EST)
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Adam Weyhaupt wrote:

>A colleague of mine has a fresh installation of Mathematica 6.0.0 on  
>a Windows XP machine.  The kernel seems to be running fine (2+2=4),  
>but graphics commands generate no output (only the line " -Graphics-  
>" (no quotes) is printed to the output).  If you switch to Version 5  
>graphics the graphics work fine (but of course are not rotatable,  
>etc.) I looked in the archive but saw nothing relevant.
>
>I realize that 6.0.1 is available, but it will be a few days until he  
>can get it installed and we are curious if you have any thoughts on  
>this issue.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Adam
>
>  
>
Looks like the default output is OutputForm. Change it (from the menu 
item Edit | Preferences | Evaluation) to StandardForm or TraditionalForm.

Carl Woll
Wolfram Research

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  • Mathematica 6.0.0 no graphics output on Windows XP
    • From: Adam Weyhaupt <aweyhau@siue.edu>