Hi folks, There have been multiple reports of folks having failures on startup of matplotlib, which appears to be due to the most recent OS-X version setting the locale weirdly. This was identified last summer in this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue18378 It looks like the issue was figured out, and even a patch contributed, but it stalled out before being applied. I have no idea if the patch is any good, but it would be great to get this fixed! -Thanks, -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov