[Tutor] Bus Error with matplotlib

Evert Rol evert.rol at gmail.com
Fri Sep 17 10:17:23 CEST 2010


> Hi, I have been trying to install matplotlib for python on my mac which is running snow leopard. The installation appeared to go well until I tried the following
> 
>> python
>>>> import matplotlib
>>>> import matplotlib.pyplot
> Bus error
>> 
> 
> It is very annoying, I have posted the error message below but I am not sure why it is crashing at this point! 

This is really not a tutor question; you'd be better off checking on the matplotlib user group.

However:
- what version of matplotlib are you installing? 1.0 I assume?
- how are you installing matplotlib? Mac OS X binary (which one; there seem to be multiple options) or differently?
- have you tried installing from source? If you're not used to that, it can be a harsh exercise, but can at times result in working results

Btw, you're OS X version seems to run a bit behind: 10.6.4 is current. I don't expect it to let matplotlib work, but one never knows.

  Evert

> 
> Many thanks for your help,
> 
> Quinton
> 
> OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D575)
> Report Version:  6
> 
> Interval Since Last Report:          3106 sec
> Crashes Since Last Report:           21
> Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   16
> Anonymous UUID:                      3FCCD611-0550-49F2-B5F4-43CD7E093033
> 
> Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
> Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
> 
> Thread 0 Crashed:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
> 0   ???                           	0000000000 0 + 0
> 1   org.python.python             	0x0009da39 _PyImport_LoadDynamicModule + 204
> 2   org.python.python             	0x0009c09f _PyImport_FindModule + 823
> 3   org.python.python             	0x0009c88f PyImport_ReloadModule + 1392
> 4   org.python.python             	0x0009cce7 PyImport_ReloadModule + 2504
> 5   org.python.python             	0x0009d2cb PyImport_ImportModuleLevel + 1221
> 6   org.python.python             	0x0008578f _PyBuiltin_Init + 14665
> 7   org.python.python             	0x0000c6e0 PyObject_Call + 101
> 8   org.python.python             	0x0008678a PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords + 171
> 9   org.python.python             	0x0008a758 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 13261
> 10  org.python.python             	0x0008cf74 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 1720
> 11  org.python.python             	0x0008d019 PyEval_EvalCode + 87
> 12  org.python.python             	0x0009a542 PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx + 240
> 13  org.python.python             	0x0009af3a PyImport_AppendInittab + 1164
> 14  org.python.python             	0x0009c88f PyImport_ReloadModule + 1392
> 15  org.python.python             	0x0009cce7 PyImport_ReloadModule + 2504
> 16  org.python.python             	0x0009d295 PyImport_ImportModuleLevel + 1167
> 17  org.python.python             	0x0008578f _PyBuiltin_Init + 14665
> 18  org.python.python             	0x0000c6e0 PyObject_Call + 101
> 19  org.python.python             	0x0008678a PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords + 171
> 20  org.python.python             	0x0008a758 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 13261
> 21  org.python.python             	0x0008cf74 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 1720
> 22  org.python.python             	0x0008d019 PyEval_EvalCode + 87
> 23  org.python.python             	0x0009a542 PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx + 240
> 24  org.python.python             	0x0009af3a PyImport_AppendInittab + 1164
> 25  org.python.python             	0x0009c88f PyImport_ReloadModule + 1392
> 26  org.python.python             	0x0009cce7 PyImport_ReloadModule + 2504
> 27  org.python.python             	0x0009d295 PyImport_ImportModuleLevel + 1167
> 28  org.python.python             	0x0008578f _PyBuiltin_Init + 14665
> 29  org.python.python             	0x0000c6e0 PyObject_Call + 101
> 30  org.python.python             	0x0008678a PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords + 171
> 31  org.python.python             	0x0008a758 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 13261
> 32  org.python.python             	0x0008cf74 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 1720
> 33  org.python.python             	0x0008d019 PyEval_EvalCode + 87
> 34  org.python.python             	0x0009a542 PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx + 240
> 35  org.python.python             	0x0009af3a PyImport_AppendInittab + 1164
> 36  org.python.python             	0x0009c88f PyImport_ReloadModule + 1392
> 37  org.python.python             	0x0009cce7 PyImport_ReloadModule + 2504
> 38  org.python.python             	0x0009d2cb PyImport_ImportModuleLevel + 1221
> 39  org.python.python             	0x0008578f _PyBuiltin_Init + 14665
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> 44  org.python.python             	0x0008d019 PyEval_EvalCode + 87
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> 48  org.python.python             	0x0009cce7 PyImport_ReloadModule + 2504
> 49  org.python.python             	0x0009d2cb PyImport_ImportModuleLevel + 1221
> 50  org.python.python             	0x0008578f _PyBuiltin_Init + 14665
> 51  org.python.python             	0x0000c6e0 PyObject_Call + 101
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> 53  org.python.python             	0x0008a758 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 13261
> 54  org.python.python             	0x0008cf74 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 1720
> 55  org.python.python             	0x0008d019 PyEval_EvalCode + 87
> 56  org.python.python             	0x000a40af Py_CompileString + 111
> 57  org.python.python             	0x000a6134 PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags + 483
> 58  org.python.python             	0x000a6282 PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags + 216
> 59  org.python.python             	0x000a630b PyRun_AnyFileExFlags + 85
> 60  org.python.python             	0x000b315c Py_Main + 3074
> 61  org.python.python.app         	0x00001eb5 start + 53
> 
> Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
>  eax: 0x0067e420  ebx: 0x0112b7d6  ecx: 0x00607480  edx: 0x0067e420
>  edi: 0x00169cf8  esi: 0x005fd430  ebp: 0xbfff9cf8  esp: 0xbfff9ccc
>   ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010246  eip: 0x00000000   cs: 0x00000017
>   ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
>  cr2: 0x00000000
> 
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