Re: [Matplotlib-users] "ipython --pylab": Figure not showing in simple plot(1, 1) command [v1.2]

[Timothy D. <tim...@gm...>]

Paul,

Actually, I didn't realize that you had to change the backend in the
matplotlibrc file.  Once I changed it to 'Qt4Agg', everything worked.
 Thanks!

(to find out where your matplotlibrc file is:
"matplotlib.matplotlib_fname()" )

Tim


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Timothy Duly <tim...@gm...> wrote:

> Paul,
>
> I am using the "agg" backend:
>
> In [1]: import matplotlib
>
> In [2]: matplotlib.rcParams['backend']
> Out[2]: 'agg'
>
>
> I was able to switch it to the one you have:
>
> In [12]: import matplotlib
> In [13]: matplotlib.rcParams['backend'] = 'Qt4Agg'
>
> but still a simple "plot(1,1)" resulted in no plot being shown.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Paul Hobson <pmh...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Timothy Duly <tim...@gm...>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently upgraded to matplotlib v1.2.0 on my Linux machine.  For some
>>> reason, plots are not appearing at all on my screen whenever I try to plot
>>> any routines.
>>>
>>> When I open the interpreter with "ipython --pylab" and do
>>>
>>> In [1]: plot(1,1)
>>> Out[1]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x2a40450>]
>>>
>>> No plot shows up.  This is somewhat strange as no other error shows up
>>> either.  Does anyone know of a way to debug this? I'm not sure where to
>>> start.
>>>
>>> I also tried to run a simple plot in a script with
>>>
>>> from matplotlib.pyplot import *
>>> figure()
>>> plot(1,1)
>>> draw(); show()
>>>
>>> and still had no success.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tim
>>>
>>
>> Which backend are you using?
>>
>> In [1]: import matplotlib
>>
>> In [2]: matplotlib.rcParams['backend']
>>
>> Out[2]: 'Qt4Agg'
>>
>
>