On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 06:03:16PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 05:49:10PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:56:47PM -0500, Julita Inca wrote: > > > Hi, could you please tell me what else is needed to be published? > > > > Hi Julita, > > > > I installed Octave on a F26 system and opened a fresh user account to > > test the steps in your article. When I do, I get a completely black > > plot window. I've tested this in a brand new F26 VM guest install as > > well, same results. > > > > It turns out this is a known problem with Octave on Wayland systems: > > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51442 > > > > My only guess is that you are either: > > > > (1) running an Xorg session instead of Wayland, or > > (2) you set up graphics_toolkit() beforehand or in a startup file > > > > I'll adapt the instructions to advise using graphics_toolkit("fltk") > > which seems to work best and with no spew to the console. > > Except... this makes all the screenshots inaccurate. And I found out > that the "fltk" toolkit is just ugly. Using "gnuplot" is beter. > > Do you have time to redo the screenshots using the gnuplot toolkit? I think I managed to provide a notice in the article that explains why your screenshots are different. Also, Wayland seems to be finicky with Octave (this is an Octave bug) so this might be the safe way to go. Note to all prospective writers: Please try to use a standard install when writing/testing your articles. You should be careful not to set readers up for disappointment or other unexpected results. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
