From: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 03:36:28 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Also catch RuntimeError when importing matplotlib in slow_bend.py.
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c24a79ac91b51a4bd03cf927143b932c061baca9;p=blog.git

Also catch RuntimeError when importing matplotlib in slow_bend.py.

When it can't initialize the backend, the matplotlib crashes with a
runtime error.  For example, I've used `~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc` to
select the GTKAgg backend as my default.  When I log in without X,
running the previous version of slow_bend.py would produce:

  $ slow_bend.py --help
  /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open display
    warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
  /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py:48: GtkWarning: IA__gdk_cursor_new_for_display: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed
    cursors.MOVE          : gdk.Cursor(gdk.FLEUR),
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/home/wking/bin/slow_bend.py", line 39, in <module>
      from matplotlib import pyplot as _pyplot
    ...
  RuntimeError: could not create GdkCursor object
---

diff --git a/posts/slow_bend/slow_bend.py b/posts/slow_bend/slow_bend.py
index 63cd2e0..b62c3e1 100755
--- a/posts/slow_bend/slow_bend.py
+++ b/posts/slow_bend/slow_bend.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import time as _time
 try:
     import numpy as _numpy
     from matplotlib import pyplot as _pyplot
-except ImportError, _matplotlib_import_error:
+except (ImportError, RuntimeError), _matplotlib_import_error:
     _pyplot = None
 
 import pycomedi.device as _pycomedi_device