How to set the "usecanvas" error in Scilab on Linux Ubuntu laptops...
Posted by manas das on Wednesday, 29 February 2012The problem:
We sometimes use a system on which the graphics drivers cannot be used by Scilab. This happens for example on some Linux Ubuntu systems, especially on laptops.
The solution:
In order to avoid this, we can configure the .scilab startup file and turn off the canvas by typing: usecanvas(%f)
The problem is that turning the canvas off with the usecanvas function also displays the message.
In order to workaround this problem we may use the following trick: