You probably want to look at this FAQ: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#APPSERVER
Or the slightly more updated and elaborate answer in the new (in-progress) docs: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/doc/html/faq/howto_faq.html#how-do-i-use-matplotlib-in-a-web-application-server Cheers, Mike "Jonathan Hayward http://JonathansCorner.com"; wrote: > I would like to use pylab in a CGI script that would generate a pie > chart/bar graph/..., save it to a file, and then be able to output the > image from the file. > > Everything that I've tried works if I run the script from my shell, > but when it runs on my test box (or, for that matter, a sudo without > an X display being set up), it gripes about not being able to open an > X display. > > Is there a way to either: > > 1: Tell pylab to run without a display, > 2: Configure a dummy display, or > 3: Attach the web environment to a real display? > > I'm not having it display windows or asking for interesting X > functionality--just generate a pie chart and save it as a file. > > -- > -- Jonathan Hayward, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ** To see an award-winning website with stories, essays, artwork, > ** games, and a four-dimensional maze, why not visit my home page? > ** All of this is waiting for you at http://JonathansCorner.com > > ++ Would you like to curl up with one of my hardcover books? > ++ You can now get my books from http://CJSHayward.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
