From owner-help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Wed Jun 26 12:12:14 1996
Subject: Plot Problem Again
From: Michael Riedl <riedl at monkey dot e-technik dot uni-ulm dot de>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:58:50 +0200

Hi there!

Thanks for your hints! But I didn't manage to get it working.
Gnuplot works standalone in an xterm:

root at garfield:~> gnuplot
svgalib: Configuration file /usr/local/lib/libvga.config not found.
svgalib: Assuming Microsoft mouse.
svgalib: Assuming low end SVGA/8514 monitor (35.5 KHz).
Using VGA driver.

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Terminal type set to 'x11'
gnuplot> plot exp(x)

brings up the window with the graph.

But

root at garfield:~> octave
Octave, version 1.1.1.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details, type `warranty'.

octave:1> x=[-10:1:10]'; y=sin(x);
octave:2> plot(x,y);
svgalib: Configuration file /usr/local/lib/libvga.config not found.
svgalib: Assuming Microsoft mouse.
svgalib: Assuming low end SVGA/8514 monitor (35.5 KHz).
Using VGA driver.
octave:3> 

And nothing else happens, no window opens.

I don't need this svga stuff as I always run the X Window System.

Should I compile gnuplot myself (where is the source)? 

Please help! Thanks in advance!

Michael