Hello,
The quick fix is to do the following

ln -s /usr/libexec/gnuplot42/4.2/gnuplot_x1142 
/usr/libexec/gnuplot42/4.2/gnuplot_x11

We had several people test this before we put it into the release, I am 
quite surprised this wasn't seen.  We'll work on a better solution.

Troy

On 04/04/2011 01:33 PM, Troy J Dawson wrote:
> Hello,
> I am able to reproduce the error.  I am looking into this.
> Troy
>
> On 03/28/2011 08:12 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I don't think this is the right place to post this to but I couldn't find any bug tracker for SL. Please read through the following report and point me to the right direction.
>>
>> I have recently installed the gnuplot42 package from a mirrored sl5 repository but am having a problem using it. The problem is probably something the packager of this rpm has overlooked. In specific this is the error when running a simple gnuplot script.
>>
>> ===
>> user@host:~>   which gnuplot42
>> /usr/bin/gnuplot42
>> user@host:~>   gnuplot42 -persist scripts/some_script.gplt
>> Could not find/open font when opening font "arial", using internal non-scalable font
>> Expected X11 driver: /usr/libexec/gnuplot42/4.2/gnuplot_x11
>> Exec failed: No such file or directory
>> See 'help x11' for more details
>> ===
>>
>> The warning regarding the font does not concern me. The error is that the expected file (X11 driver) cannot be found. This error also occurs in interactive mode.
>>
>> The rpms that have been installed are:
>>
>> ==
>> user@host:~>   rpm -qa | grep gnuplot42
>> gnuplot42-4.2.6-5.el5
>> gnuplot42-doc-4.2.6-5.el5
>> ===
>>
>> (both in x86_64 arch).
>>
>> This is the list of the included (within the rpm) files:
>>
>> ===
>> user@host:~>   rpm -ql gnuplot42
>> /usr/bin/gnuplot42
>> /usr/libexec/gnuplot42
>> /usr/libexec/gnuplot42/4.2
>> /usr/libexec/gnuplot42/4.2/gnuplot_x1142
>> /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Gnuplot42
>> /usr/share/doc/gnuplot42-4.2.6
>> /usr/share/doc/gnuplot42-4.2.6/BUGS
>> /usr/share/doc/gnuplot42-4.2.6/ChangeLog
>> /usr/share/doc/gnuplot42-4.2.6/Copyright
>> /usr/share/doc/gnuplot42-4.2.6/FAQ
>> /usr/share/doc/gnuplot42-4.2.6/NEWS
>> /usr/share/doc/gnuplot42-4.2.6/README
>> /usr/share/doc/gnuplot42-4.2.6/TODO
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/8859-1.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/8859-15.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/8859-2.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/cp1250.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/cp437.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/cp850.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/cp852.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/koi8r.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/koi8u.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/PostScript/prologue.ps
>> /usr/share/gnuplot42/4.2/gnuplot.gih
>> /usr/share/info/gnuplot42.info.gz
>> /usr/share/man/man1/gnuplot42.1.gz
>> ===
>>
>> I can overcome the problem by simply copying the /usr/libexec/gnuplot42/4.2/gnuplot_x1142 file to /usr/libexec/gnuplot42/4.2/gnuplot_x11. Creating a symbolic link also works.
>>
>> Please feel free to ask for further information or to point me to an appropriate support unit as mentioned earlier.
>>
>> Thank you for your assistance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Paschalis Korosoglou
>>
>> Scientific Computing Support Unit
>>
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