RuntimeError: Invalid DISPLAY variable

[juls858]

Can't get any plots to work!

RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
in ()
----> 1 merged.loc[:,["GDPC1","INDPRO","UNRATE"]].plot()

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/tools/plotting.pyc in plot_frame(data, x, y, kind, ax, subplots, sharex, sharey, layout, figsize, use_index, title, grid, legend, style, logx, logy, loglog, xticks, yticks, xlim, ylim, rot, fontsize, colormap, table, yerr, xerr, secondary_y, sort_columns, *_kwds)
2486 yerr=yerr, xerr=xerr,
2487 secondary_y=secondary_y, sort_columns=sort_columns,
-> 2488 *_kwds)
2489
2490

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/tools/plotting.pyc in _plot(data, x, y, subplots, ax, kind, *_kwds)
2322 plot_obj = klass(data, subplots=subplots, ax=ax, kind=kind, *_kwds)
2323
-> 2324 plot_obj.generate()
2325 plot_obj.draw()
2326 return plot_obj.result

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/tools/plotting.pyc in generate(self)
911 self._args_adjust()
912 self._compute_plot_data()
--> 913 self._setup_subplots()
914 self._make_plot()
915 self._add_table()

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/tools/plotting.pyc in _setup_subplots(self)
958 else:
959 if self.ax is None:
--> 960 fig = self.plt.figure(figsize=self.figsize)
961 axes = fig.add_subplot(111)
962 else:

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.pyc in figure(num, figsize, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, frameon, FigureClass, *_kwargs)
433 frameon=frameon,
434 FigureClass=FigureClass,
--> 435 *_kwargs)
436
437 if figLabel:

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4agg.pyc in new_figure_manager(num, _args, *_kwargs)
45 FigureClass = kwargs.pop('FigureClass', Figure)
46 thisFig = FigureClass(_args, *_kwargs)
---> 47 return new_figure_manager_given_figure(num, thisFig)
48
49

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4agg.pyc in new_figure_manager_given_figure(num, figure)
52 Create a new figure manager instance for the given figure.
53 """
---> 54 canvas = FigureCanvasQTAgg(figure)
55 return FigureManagerQT(canvas, num)
56

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4agg.pyc in init(self, figure)
70 if DEBUG:
71 print('FigureCanvasQtAgg: ', figure)
---> 72 FigureCanvasQT.init(self, figure)
73 FigureCanvasAgg.init(self, figure)
74 self._drawRect = None

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4.pyc in init(self, figure)
66 if DEBUG:
67 print('FigureCanvasQt qt4: ', figure)
---> 68 _create_qApp()
69
70 # Note different super-calling style to backend_qt5

/opt/conda/envs/python2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5.pyc in _create_qApp()
136 display = os.environ.get('DISPLAY')
137 if display is None or not re.search(':\d', display):
--> 138 raise RuntimeError('Invalid DISPLAY variable')
139
140 qApp = QtWidgets.QApplication([str(" ")])

RuntimeError: Invalid DISPLAY variable

[parente]

Does the magic %matplotlib inline fix it in the notebook?

[juls858]

thanks! that fixed it!

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Peter Parente notifications@github.com
wrote:

Does the magic %matplotlib inline fix it in the notebook?

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[dhuanca]

really works! thank you! -.-'

[francica]

where should I run %matplotlib inline?
In bash? or in the py file?

thanks

[parente]

The latest images should automatically default to the inline matplotlib backend. docker pull to get the latest if you haven't recently.

[lohetvr]

I face the same problem too despite using
%matplotlib inline #plots it on the notebook itself

The error message for the code is as follows:

RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
in ()
----> 1 print plt.plot(test_data['sqft_living'],test_data['price'],'.',test_data['sqft_living'],sqft_model.predict(test_data),'-')

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.pyc in plot(_args, *_kwargs)
3145 @_autogen_docstring(Axes.plot)
3146 def plot(_args, *_kwargs):
-> 3147 ax = gca()
3148 # allow callers to override the hold state by passing hold=True|False
3149 washold = ax.ishold()

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.pyc in gca(**kwargs)
926 matplotlib.figure.Figure.gca : The figure's gca method.
927 """
--> 928 return gcf().gca(**kwargs)
929
930 # More ways of creating axes:

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.pyc in gcf()
576 return figManager.canvas.figure
577 else:
--> 578 return figure()
579
580

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.pyc in figure(num, figsize, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, frameon, FigureClass, *_kwargs)
525 frameon=frameon,
526 FigureClass=FigureClass,
--> 527 *_kwargs)
528
529 if figLabel:

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4agg.pyc in new_figure_manager(num, _args, *_kwargs)
44 FigureClass = kwargs.pop('FigureClass', Figure)
45 thisFig = FigureClass(_args, *_kwargs)
---> 46 return new_figure_manager_given_figure(num, thisFig)
47
48

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4agg.pyc in new_figure_manager_given_figure(num, figure)
51 Create a new figure manager instance for the given figure.
52 """
---> 53 canvas = FigureCanvasQTAgg(figure)
54 return FigureManagerQT(canvas, num)
55

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4agg.pyc in init(self, figure)
74 if DEBUG:
75 print('FigureCanvasQtAgg: ', figure)
---> 76 FigureCanvasQT.init(self, figure)
77 FigureCanvasQTAggBase.init(self, figure)
78 FigureCanvasAgg.init(self, figure)

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4.pyc in init(self, figure)
66 if DEBUG:
67 print('FigureCanvasQt qt4: ', figure)
---> 68 _create_qApp()
69
70 # Note different super-calling style to backend_qt5

/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5.pyc in _create_qApp()
136 display = os.environ.get('DISPLAY')
137 if display is None or not re.search(':\d', display):
--> 138 raise RuntimeError('Invalid DISPLAY variable')
139
140 qApp = QtWidgets.QApplication([str(" ")])

RuntimeError: Invalid DISPLAY variable

I am new to programming and I am learning as much as I can through the internet, any help would be much appreciated as this is hindering my progress!

[kampandi]

Thanks, it works fine