[rrd-users] Y-axis label

[Petteri Matilainen]

On 28.10.2012 17:40, Petteri Matilainen wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm graphing temperature (gauge). I have placed Y labels with the -y
>> 0.5:2 parameter which gives me major grid lines every degree and minor
>> grid lines ever half a degree. Labels are at every degree so they
>> should always be exactly an even degree. I also use alt-autoscale.
>>
>> But sometimes if I have eg. an y-range of -3 to +4 degrees the Y label
>> is 0.0, 1.0, 2.0 and so on. I have also another graph (same rrdgraph
>> script) for inside temperature and the values are fine: 25, 26 and so
>> on. Why does rrdtool put 1.0, 2.0 and so on when the values (range?)
>> is small enough? Can this be forced somehow to always display an
>> integer instead of float? Thanks! Oh, and I'm using rrdtool 1.4.7.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Petteri
>
>
> Replying to myself again but I made some tests. If the y-axis label
> parameter -y has 1 (unit, degrees C in my case) or less as the number of
> grid lines the values are 0.0, 1.0, 2.0 etc. Eg. -y 1:x. If I use -y 2:x
> then the values are 0, 1, 2 etc. Is it supposed to work this way?
>
> regards,
>
> Petteri

Hello,

Any ideas? Is this a bug or is this just the way rrdtool works? Either 
way, can it be fixed? If you need any more information about my scripts, 
please ask. Thanks!

regards,

Petteri