From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Sun Dec 13 13:39:30 1998
Subject: Re: gset term linux
From: Vitaliy A Repin <vitaly at radio dot hop dot stu dot neva dot ru>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: 	Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:26:08 +0300

On Sat, Dec 12, 1998 at 04:10:26PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
>   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.

Hm. If so then why can I say "gset term latex" in the Octave and it works fine?

> 
> So I am afraid you will have to switch virtual consoles and plot more
> manually. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Linux is not only free; it is, arguably, a better operating system, offering
> a degree of stability and an ability to scale up that NT cannot match.
>                                              -- The Economist, Oct 3, 1998