Hello, This is on Ubuntu Hardy running gnuplot ver. gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 2. I have a data file that I am plotting. Here is an exampe: $> cat inputdata.txt 1.83691e-16 3.00000e+00 -2.00000e+00 1.00000e+00 -2.12132e+00 2.12132e+00 -2.92893e-01 1.12500e+00 -3.00000e+00 3.67382e-16 -1.00000e+00 1.25000e+00 -2.12132e+00 -2.12132e+00 -1.70711e+00 1.37500e+00 -5.00000e+00 2.00000e+00 7.07963e-02 2.00000e+00 -2.50000e+00 -2.33013e+00 5.94395e-01 2.16667e+00 2.50000e+00 -2.33013e+00 1.11799e+00 2.33333e+00 -7.85398e-01 -7.00000e+00 2.26171e+00 3.00000e+00 0.00000e+00 -2.00000e+00 2.26171e+00 3.25000e+00 And I am using the following gnuplot file to plot the above data: ######################## 3curves.gplt ########################### set parametric #set multiplot set palette rgb 33,13,10 #set view map set xrange [-10:10] set yrange [-10:10] set cbrange [1:4] #set colorbox vertical set noxtics set noytics set title set cblabel "cl*****" set pointsize 0.8 unset key #splot "< ./3curves" with points palette pt 7 splot "inputdata.txt" with points palette pt 7 unset multiplot ################################################################# If I give the following command on the terminal to plot that datafile: $> gnuplot -persist 3curves.gplt I notice that if I give the above command one or two times, it mostly works, but then the second or third time I get apparent memory corruption error: ############################################################### me@[EMAIL PROTECTED] 16:59:58{data-3d}$> gnuplot -persist 3curves.gplt me@[EMAIL PROTECTED] 17:02:43{data-3d}$> (<unknown>:302): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_im_context_filter_keypress: assertion `GTK_IS_IM_CONTEXT (context)' failed The messenger is now down The messenger is now down The messenger is now down gnuplot -persist 3curves.gplt me@[EMAIL PROTECTED] 17:02:45{data-3d}$> (<unknown>:306): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_im_context_filter_keypress: assertion `GTK_IS_IM_CONTEXT (context)' failed The messenger is now down The messenger is now down The messenger is now down gnuplot -persist 3curves.gplt Failed to receive messages at scim_bridge_client_read_and_dispatch () An IOException occurred at handle_message () *** glibc detected *** gnuplot: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0820afc0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb73f3a85] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb73f74f0] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so(scim_bridge_free_messenger+0x52)[0xb6ac05c2] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so(scim_bridge_client_close_messenger+0x3b)[0xb6ac280b] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so(scim_bridge_client_finalize+0x42)[0xb6ac4cb2] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so(scim_bridge_client_gtk_finalize+0x41)[0xb6abc391] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(exit+0xd4)[0xb73b6084] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe8)[0xb739e458] gnuplot(gdImagePolygon+0x3d)[0x80581d1] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-0815d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1464070 /usr/bin/gnuplot 0815d000-0816e000 rw-p 00115000 08:03 1464070 /usr/bin/gnuplot 0816e000-08355000 rw-p 0816e000 00:00 0 [heap] b5b00000-b5b21000 rw-p b5b00000 00:00 0 b5b21000-b5c00000 ---p b5b21000 00:00 0 b5c3d000-b5f55000 rw-p b5c3d000 00:00 0 b5f55000-b5fe6000 r--p 00000000 08:03 1590760 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf b5fe6000-b6046000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 67141641 /SYSV00000000 (deleted) b6046000-b6047000 ---p b6046000 00:00 0 b6047000-b6847000 rw-p b6047000 00:00 0 b6847000-b68a7000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 67108872 /SYSV00000000 (deleted) b68a7000-b68d6000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1459853 /usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so.0.2001.0 b68d6000-b68d7000 rw-p 0002f000 08:03 1459853 /usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so.0.2001.0 b68d7000-b6915000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1459863 /usr/lib/libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0.1.0 b6915000-b6917000 rw-p 0003d000 08:03 1459863 /usr/lib/libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0.1.0 b6917000-b6a30000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1462190 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.31 b6a30000-b6a35000 rw-p 00119000 08:03 1462190 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.31 b6a35000-b6a36000 rw-p b6a35000 00:00 0 b6a36000-b6a4b000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1459574 /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.20 b6a4b000-b6a4c000 rw-p 00014000 08:03 1459574 /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.20 b6a4c000-b6aaf000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1459861 /usr/lib/libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0.1.0 b6aaf000-b6ab1000 rw-p 00063000 08:03 1459861 /usr/lib/libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0.1.0 b6ab5000-b6ab7000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1483203 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so b6ab7000-b6ab8000 rw-p 00001000 08:03 1483203 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so b6ab8000-b6ac8000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1483823 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so b6ac8000-b6ac9000 rw-p 00010000 08:03 1483823 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so b6ac9000-b6acf000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1483217 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so b6acf000-b6ad0000 rw-p 00005000 08:03 1483217 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so b6ad0000-b6ad6000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772586 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2 b6ad6000-b6ad9000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772579 /var/cache/fontconfig/e383d7ea5fbe662a33d9b44caf393297-x86.cache-2 b6ad9000-b6adc000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772578 /var/cache/fontconfig/a46337af8a0b4c9b317ad981ec3bdf87-x86.cache-2 b6adc000-b6add000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772576 /var/cache/fontconfig/e7071f4a29fa870f4323321c154eba04-x86.cache-2 b6add000-b6ade000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772574 /var/cache/fontconfig/c69f04ab05004e31a6d5e715764f16d8-x86.cache-2 b6ade000-b6ae2000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772566 /var/cache/fontconfig/926e794c3d5e5dffcaf2fa83ef8d36c2-x86.cache-2 b6ae2000-b6ae3000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772560 /var/cache/fontconfig/4c73fe0c47614734b17d736dbde7580a-x86.cache-2 b6ae3000-b6ae6000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772559 /var/cache/fontconfig/a755afe4a08bf5b97852ceb7400b47bc-x86.cache-2 b6ae6000-b6aed000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772555 /var/cache/fontconfig/6d41288fd70b0be22e8c3a91e032eec0-x86.cache-2 b6aed000-b6af0000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772554 /var/cache/fontconfig/de156ccd2eddbdc19d37a45b8b2aac9c-x86.cache-2 b6af0000-b6af8000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772553 /var/cache/fontconfig/e3de0de479f42330eadf588a55fb5bf4-x86.cache-2 b6af8000-b6b00000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772550 /var/cache/fontconfig/0f34bcd4b6ee430af32735b75db7f02b-x86.cache-2 b6b00000-b6b01000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772549 /var/cache/fontconfig/9451a55048e8dbe8633e64d34165fdf2-x86.cache-2 b6b01000-b6b02000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772548 /var/cache/fontconfig/4794a0821666d79190d59a36cb4f44b5-x86.cache-2 b6b02000-b6b24000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772544 /var/cache/fontconfig/365b55f210c0a22e9a19e35191240f32-x86.cache-2 b6b24000-b6b26000 r--s 00000000 08:03 772540 /var/cache/fontconfig/2c5ba8142dffc8bf0377700342b8ca1a-x86.cache-2 b6b2600Aborted me@[EMAIL PROTECTED] 17:02:47{data-3d}$> ############################################################### I suppose I am doing some horribly wrong in my gnuplot file, or something is the matter with my system though I am not sure where to start looking. What is it? Thanks in advance. ->HS