Can you try to check which backend you are using
Do something like
>>> import matplotlib
>>> matplotlib.get_backend()

after your plot. It is possible that your machine is set to use a non
graphical backend

best
Jens
On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 at 12:29 Paul Harrison <paulharrisonsi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Here's some output from an ssh -Y to another machine - I also get the same
> result working on the console (no plots appearing).
>
> Python 2.6.9 (unknown, Apr  7 2015, 08:28:12)
>
> [GCC 4.3.4 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 152973]] on linux2
>
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
> >>> import pylab as plt
>
> >>> plt.figure()
>
> <matplotlib.figure.Figure object at 0x16e5310>
>
> >>> plt.hist([1.0,2,0])
>
> (array([ 1.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  1.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  1.]), array([ 0. ,
> 0.2,  0.4,  0.6,  0.8,  1. ,  1.2,  1.4,  1.6,  1.8,  2. ]), <a list of 10
> Patch objects>)
>
> >>> plt.show()
>
> >>>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Jens Nielsen <jenshniel...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry but the parentheses have not gone missing in your copy paste. The
>> line below will only be printed if you don't have any parentheses after the
>> function. Can you try again and show the output of actually calling
>> plt.show()?
>>
>> Best
>> Jens
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 at 11:58 Paul Harrison <paulharrisonsi...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Apologies, the parentheses must have got missed off when I copied and
>>> pasted the output from my terminal.
>>>
>>> Same issue though, I don't get any plots come up. This always used to
>>> work, and works for my colleagues!
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Paul Harrison <
>>> paulharrisonsi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> If I do the following, no plot shows:
>>>>
>>>> ply5@xroa-dt-20:~> python
>>>>
>>>> Python 2.6.9 (unknown, Apr  7 2015, 08:28:12)
>>>>
>>>> [GCC 4.3.4 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 152973]] on linux2
>>>>
>>>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>>
>>>> >>> import pylab as plt
>>>>
>>>> >>> plt.figure()
>>>>
>>>> <matplotlib.figure.Figure object at 0x16e5310>
>>>>
>>>> >>> plt.hist([1.0,2,0])
>>>>
>>>> (array([ 1.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  1.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  1.]), array([ 0.
>>>> ,  0.2,  0.4,  0.6,  0.8,  1. ,  1.2,  1.4,  1.6,  1.8,  2. ]), <a list of
>>>> 10 Patch objects>)
>>>>
>>>> >>> plt.show
>>>>
>>>> <function show at 0x1730b90>
>>>>
>>>> >>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm using SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 64-bit with python-matplotlib
>>>> v1.3.1-70.11.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any ideas? I'm a bit of a matplotlib beginner so any advice
>>>> is extremely welcome!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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