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Re: Please help - plot image not working

Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Date	2013-06-25 19:59 -0700
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Subject	Re: Please help - plot image not working
From	Sree <sreejithpk@gmail.com>

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On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:27:42 PM UTC+3, Sree wrote:
> Hello group,
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> I have a data matrix in a file. The data is comma separated and looks like (i do not know how to attach a file to the post):
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> 32.71615219116211,32.35625839233398,31.498046875,30.73119926452637,30.77080345153809,31.56380462646484,32.03682327270508,33.60488128662109,33.0875358581543,33.42950439453125,32.52166366577148,33.06188201904297,33.81738662719727,33.58745956420898,33.51096343994141,32.37562942504883,32.29684448242188,31.98270416259766,32.52191543579102,32.67719268798828,32.59981536865234,32.91101837158203,33.16838073730469,32.82643508911133,31.57819938659668,31.00910568237305,31.31731414794922,29.89642333984375,32.47930908203125,32.2718505859375,33.17678833007812,32.15474700927734,33.08844375610352,-inf,-inf,-inf
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> 34.66389846801758,34.15962982177734,33.09500503540039,31.83910942077637,31.35856437683105,32.72917175292969,33.30414199829102,34.22311401367188,33.47836303710938,32.94600677490234,33.19053268432617,34.06565093994141,34.55643081665039,34.12158203125,34.16344833374023,33.06776809692383,33.35759353637695,32.38563919067383,32.79897308349609,32.89970397949219,33.78991317749023,32.83514785766602,32.41145324707031,32.71649169921875,31.50583457946777,31.1647777557373,31.491943359375,30.10324096679688,32.18594360351562,32.05590057373047,31.88617134094238,31.39592742919922,31.54354286193848,31.09903907775879,32.32763290405273,33.10724258422852,34.64406585693359,35.16285705566406,32.22066 .....
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> I am trying to plot an image with the following command:
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> gnuplot> set datafile separator ','
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> gnuplot> plot 'data.txt' matrix using (0+column(1)*1.6384):(-6.0+column(2)*6.256021):(column(3)) with image
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> but it is producing an empty plot with the warning:
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> warning: Image grid must be at least 2 x 2.
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> warning: Image grid must be at least 2 x 2.
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> the same data, i tried to plot in a different computer (computer 2) and then it works fine with same set of commands. My question is what is going wrong in the first case. is it the gnuplot version or something else. 
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> The following is the gnuplot versions.
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> where the plot command doesn't work (computer 1):
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> gnuplot> show version long
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>         G N U P L O T
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>         Version 4.6 patchlevel 3    last modified 2013-04-12
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>         Build System: Linux x86_64
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>         Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2013
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>         Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
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>         gnuplot home:     http://www.gnuplot.info
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>         faq, bugs, etc:   type "help FAQ"
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>         immediate help:   type "help"  (plot window: hit 'h')
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> Compile options:
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> -READLINE  +LIBREADLINE  +HISTORY
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> -BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY  +BINARY_DATA
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> +GD_PNG  +GD_JPEG  +GD_TTF  +GD_GIF  +ANIMATION
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> -USE_CWDRC  +X11  +X11_POLYGON  +MULTIBYTE  +X11_EXTERNAL +USE_MOUSE  +HIDDEN3D_QUADTREE
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> +DATASTRINGS  +HISTOGRAMS  +OBJECTS  +STRINGVARS  +MACROS  +IMAGE  +USER_LINETYPES +STATS
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> GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR = "/usr/local/libexec/gnuplot/4.6"
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> GNUPLOT_PS_DIR     = "/usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.6/PostScript"
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> HELPFILE           = "/usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.6/gnuplot.gih"
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> Computer 1: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)
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> where I can plot the image with the same commands (computer 2)
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> gnuplot> show version long
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>     G N U P L O T
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>     Version 4.7 patchlevel 0    last modified 2013-05-12
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>     Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2012
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>     Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
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>     gnuplot home:     http://www.gnuplot.info
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>     mailing list:     gnuplot-beta@lists.sourceforge.net
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>     faq, bugs, etc:   type "help FAQ"
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>     immediate help:   type "help"  (plot window: hit 'h')
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> Compile options:
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> +READLINE  -LIBREADLINE  +HISTORY 
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> -BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY  +BINARY_DATA 
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> +GD_PNG  +GD_JPEG  +GD_TTF  +GD_GIF  +ANIMATION 
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> -USE_CWDRC  +X11  +X11_POLYGON  +MULTIBYTE  +X11_EXTERNAL +USE_MOUSE  +HIDDEN3D_QUADTREE 
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> +DATASTRINGS  +HISTOGRAMS  +OBJECTS  +STRINGVARS  +MACROS  +IMAGE  +USER_LINETYPES +STATS
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> GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR = "/usr/local/libexec/gnuplot/4.7"
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> GNUPLOT_PS_DIR     = "/usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.7/PostScript"
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> HELPFILE           = "/usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.7/gnuplot.gih"
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> Computer 2: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
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> Any help is appreciated.
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> Thanks
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> Sree

Dear all,
Any hints or pointers to find what is causing this issue?

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Please help - plot image not working Sree <sreejithpk@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 02:27 -0700
  Re: Please help - plot image not working Sree <sreejithpk@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 19:59 -0700
  Re: Please help - plot image not working Sree <sreejithpk@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 20:53 -0700
    Re: Please help - plot image not working Karl <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2013-06-26 07:49 +0200
  Re: Please help - plot image not working Sree <sreejithpk@gmail.com> - 2013-06-26 00:15 -0700
    Re: Please help - plot image not working Karl <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2013-06-27 07:27 +0200
  Re: Please help - plot image not working Sree <sreejithpk@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 23:39 -0700
    Re: Please help - plot image not working Christoph Bersch <usenet@bersch.net> - 2013-07-03 09:21 +0200
      Re: Please help - plot image not working Sree <sreejithpk@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 02:25 -0700

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