From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Sat Dec 12 17:40:26 1998
Subject: gset term linux
From: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian dot org>
To: heberf <heberf at calvin dot wustl dot edu>
Cc: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 16:10:26 -0500 (EST)


  Heber> I've had the same problem.  In gnuplot I can "set term linux" and 
  Heber> it works fine. When running octave (as root) I try "gset term linux"
  Heber> and get 

  Heber> octave:1> gset term linux
  Heber> octave:2>	line 0: Linux terminal driver not available

  Heber> I'm using the octave precompiled binary (rpm) that comes with RedHat 
  Heber> 5.2 on my laptop.  No problems in X windows but sometimes I'd rather
  Heber>  not run with X.

It just doesn't work.  Octave talks to Gnuplot via pipes. That works under
X11 because because programs can run in parallel.

On the console, however, Octave and Gnuplot conflict. When you run Octave on
the console, it "occupies" and an attempt to start Gnuplot results in an
error as Gnuplot cannot claim the console -- because it is taken.

So I am afraid you will have to switch virtual consoles and plot more
manually. 


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