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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