Hello, I use the Python Numeric package extensively, and had been an avid user of the "old" scipy. In my view, both pieces of software are truly first rate, and have greatly improved my productivity in the area of scientific analysis. Thus, I was excited to make the transition to the new scipy core (numpy).
Unfortunately, I am experiencing a problem that I cannot sort out. I am running Python 2.4.2 on a Debian box (V3.1), using gcc version 3.3.5, and ATLAS, BLAS, and LAPACK libraries built from scratch. When building numpy everything seems to go AOK. But trouble soon follows. As a sanity check, I run the diagnostic tests that come as part of the numpy package: from numpy import * from scipy import * test(level=N) # N can vary from 1 to 10. : No matter which test I run, Python crashes hard with only the following output: "Floating exception". I thought perhaps numpy would still work Ok, even though it seemed to have failed this "sanity" test. Thus, I tried using the numpy.linalg.eig functionality, and upon calling numpy.linalg.eig I get the same behavior: Python crashes hard with the same output "Floating exception". Can someone help me sort out what might be wrong? Perhaps I have overlooked a crucial step in the build/ install of numpy. Thanks very much, Daran -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
