Eric Emsellem wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to run a relatively large code, which includes some calls to and > import from pylab/matplotlib, on a remote machine: the part of the code I am > running is NOT performing any plot so there is no direct access to a display. > Unfortunately it still crashes with something like: > > ---> 40 cursors.MOVE : gdk.Cursor(gdk.FLEUR), > 41 cursors.HAND : gdk.Cursor(gdk.HAND2), > 42 cursors.POINTER : gdk.Cursor(gdk.LEFT_PTR), > > RuntimeError: could not create GdkCursor object > > when it tries to reach the display when importing pylab I guess. > > I am now doing this from my laptop from a non-fixed IP and there is no easy > way > for me to forward the display (loging e.g. with ssh -X), or to just isolate > the > pylab part of the code (lots of files, lots of lines, etc). > > I am desperately trying to run this long calculation on that remote machine > (and > do it while my laptop is off, using "screen") because I need a lot of memory > and > CPU.... How can I overpass this easily (just allowing for the code not to > crash > with that initialisation and go on with the rest) ??? > > thanks for any input there > > Eric >
Eric: That looks like the error you get from pygtk when there's no X11 running. Can you just use a non-gui backend, like plain Agg? See http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/installing_faq.html#backends for how to change the default backend. -Jeff > ======== > running: matplotlib version 0.98.3 Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Aug 1 2008, > 00:35:20) via IPython 0.9.1 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : jeffrey.s.whita...@noaa.gov 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-113 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
