Hello I have tested on windows 7 Home premium 64 bit with octave-3.4.0-3 and cygwin 1.7.9.
octave:1> t=(0:0.1:2*pi); octave:2> plot(t,sin(t)) 0 [main] gnuplot 4356 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 752 [main] gnuplot 4356 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to gnuplot.exe.stackdump 0 [main] gnuplot 3024 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 552 [main] gnuplot 3024 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to gnuplot.exe.stackdump 1 [main] gnuplot 3868 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 868 [main] gnuplot 3868 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to gnuplot.exe.stackdump 0 [main] gnuplot 3488 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 314 [main] gnuplot 3488 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to gnuplot.exe.stackdump 0 [main] gnuplot 4936 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 364 [main] gnuplot 4936 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to gnuplot.exe.stackdump 0 [main] gnuplot 4660 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 404 [main] gnuplot 4660 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to gnuplot.exe.stackdump 0 [main] gnuplot 1076 fork: child -1 - died waiting for longjmp before initialization, retry 0, exit code 0x600, errno 11 error: Invalid call to strcat. Correct usage is: -- Function File: strcat (S1, S2, ...) error: called from: error: /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/help/print_usage.m at line 87, column 5 error: /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/strings/strcat.m at line 92, column 5 error: /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m at line 113, column 11 error: /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m at line 40, column 18 error: /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__go_draw_figure__.m at line 167, column 19 error: /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_drawnow__.m at line 86, column 5 Regards Tatsuro --- marco atzeri wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:21 PM, A.R. Burgers wrote: > > LS, > > > > with the current octave, I get this octave strcat > > error on plot, both with xterm and the dumb terminal. > > Same error on two different windows XP systems. > > Same error with libstdc++6 and libgfortran3 from cygwin-ports gcc 4.5.2-2 > > > > Teun > > > > $ octave > > GNU Octave, version 3.4.0 > > Copyright (C) 2011 John W. Eaton and others. > > > > [snip] > > > > octave:1> t=(0:0.1:2*pi); > > octave:2> plot(t,sin(t)) > > error: Invalid call to strcat.  Correct usage is: > > > >  -- Function File:  strcat (S1, S2, ...) > > > > error: called from: > > error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/help/print_usage.m at line 87, > > column 5 > > error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/strings/strcat.m at line 92, column > > 5 > > error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m at line > > 113, > > column 11 > > error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m at line 40, > > column 18 > > error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__go_draw_figure__.m at line > > 167, > > column 19 > > error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_drawnow__.m at line > > 86, > > column 5 > > octave:3> quit > > > > BURGERS@P4949 ~ > > $ echo $TERM $DISPLAY > > xterm :0 > > > > BURGERS@P4949 ~ > > $ cygcheck -c octave liblapack0 cygwin libqrupdate0 libgfortran3 libstdc++ > > gnuplot > > Cygwin Package Information > > Package              Version   > >      Status > > cygwin               1.7.9-1   > >      OK > > gnuplot              4.4.0-1   > >      OK > > libgfortran3         4.3.4-4       > >  OK > > liblapack0           3.2.2-2       > >  OK > > libqrupdate0         1.1.1-1       > >  OK > > octave               3.4.0-3   > >      OK > > > > could you just check if reversing to cygwin 1.7.8-1 solve the problem ? > > I also noted the same problem this morning, but it was puzzling and > NOT really repetitive. > > > Marco > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple