Are you trying to run your script without opening a gui window? If yes, "interacitve" is not what you want.
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/howto_faq.html#matplotlib-in-a-web-application-server Anyhow, I had similar experience that some Tk application failed to open over ssh connection. And sometimes, -Y option helped. If -Y does not help, see if other backends work. -JJ On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:57 AM, John [H2O]<washa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > John [H2O] wrote: >> >> >> My $DISPLAY variable does change from time to time, but as I have it set >> to interactive, why should this matter? >> >> > > I wanted to explain a little further. I have it set to interactive(False) > sorry if there is confusion in my above statement. > The reason my DISPLAY variable changes is that I am running the scripts on a > remote machine and using ssh -X to login. So each time I log in, the DISPLAY > variable may change. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/non-interactive-runs-keep-crashing-due-to-DISPLAY-tp24535712p24536107.html > Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users