Elmer Villanueva <[email protected]> is having problems when
updating Stata:
> This has happened twice and by the looks of it, it seems be a fairly
> idiopathic occurrence.
> My version of Stata 8.1 (on Windows) was producing graphs fine until I
> downloaded the latest update. I clicked on the sunflower plot sample and
> this is what I got:
> . gr_example auto: sunflower mpg displ
> -> preserve
> -> sysuse auto, clear
> (1978 Automobile Data)
> -> sunflower mpg displ
> invalid line in scheme ,
> *! version 1.0.5 25aug2003
> r(9999);
> It seems my whole suite of graphing capabilities have been affected:
> . twoway line weight length
> invalid line in scheme ,
> *! version 1.0.5 25aug2003
> r(9999);
> . histogram weight
> (bin=8, start=1760, width=385)
> invalid line in scheme ,
> *! version 1.0.5 25aug2003
> r(9999);
> After I re-installed Stata (and before updating), they worked well:
> . twoway line weight length
> (graph produced)
> . histogram weight
> (graph produced)
> After updating, I received the same errors.
> It seems like quite a few people have been experiencing problems with
> the update. Some, like Stephen, can be get rid of the problem simply by
> exiting Stata. Others, like Willard, don't have a problem at all. On the
> other hand, I'm experiencing a major breakdown. Of course, I'm in a
> bind: update Stata and lose graphics capability or stick to Stata 8.0
> without updates. I'm at a loss as to how to proceed as the error message
> is particularly vexing.
It appears that the above behavior persists for Elmer even after restarting
Stata.
We invite Elmer to write directly to Technical Support at
[email protected]
It might be helpful if Elmer added the results of the following Stata
commands to the information sent to Tech Support:
. query born
. query compilenumber
. update
--Jeff
[email protected]
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