Plots.jl: Crash of REPL using plot()

Created on 14 Jan 2019 · 30Comments · Source: JuliaPlots/Plots.jl

MWE:

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julia> using Plots

julia> plot()

julia> savefig("foo.png")

julia> plot()
/opt/misc/julia/julia-1.0.3/bin/julia: symbol lookup error: /home/XXX/.julia/packages/GR/shnUy/src/../deps/gr/lib/./x11plugin.so: undefined symbol: FT_Init_FreeType

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.0.3
Commit 099e826241 (2018-12-18 01:34 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.0 (ORCJIT, haswell)

GR bug

Source

sverek

Most helpful comment

The above problem is fixed in GR master. We will tag a new version soon ...

jheinen on 16 Jan 2019

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All 30 comments

What are you expecting this code to do? plot() is not valid syntax.

mkborregaard on 14 Jan 2019

change it to plot(1:10) (any plotting, same thing happens).

sverek on 14 Jan 2019

Hm, I cannot reproduce with GR on Windows 10.

daschw on 14 Jan 2019

https://github.com/jheinen/GR.jl/issues/181 seems related.

daschw on 14 Jan 2019

jheinen/GR.jl#181 seems related.

Tried the fix mentioned there. Did not fix my problem. GR is version 0.37.0

I use Ubuntu 18.04

sverek on 14 Jan 2019

I have the exact same issue on Arch Linux. Happens both on 1.0.3 and 1.1-rc and the suggested fix (export GKSwstype=gksqt) does not fix it. Also, this only occurs when attempting to open the GUI, as,

julia> plot(1:10);

does not result in an error (and Julia crashing).

dalum on 15 Jan 2019

Does it also occur when using plain GR?

using GR
plot(1:10)

jheinen on 15 Jan 2019

@mkborregaard : there is still this x11 thing in src/backends/gr.jl:

const _gr_wstype_default = @static if Sys.islinux()
    "x11"
    # "cairox11"
elseif Sys.isapple()
    "quartz"
else
    "use_default"
end

Is gr_set_output(wstype::String) used anywhere?

jheinen on 15 Jan 2019

no clue 😕

mkborregaard on 15 Jan 2019

With plain GR, the plot window doesn't close after doing savefig and the crash doesn't happen. Also doesn't happen if I manually close the window in GR, and then plot again. It seems to be related to re–launching the GUI in Plots.

dalum on 15 Jan 2019

When using only GR (no Plots) there is no crash for me.

sverek on 15 Jan 2019

I get the same error in Atom/Juno, but works fine if run from a terminal.
Code structured as below seemed to work fine last Thursday for me.
Hope this helps

using Plots
function guiplotter()
    for i in 1:5
        plot(rand(5))
        gui()
        sleep(0.5)
    end
end
# without this gks qt window doesn't open so no plotting happens
ENV["GKSwstype"]="gksqt"
gr(reuse=true)
# works fine, updates plot in gks qt window
guiplotter()
# plots in the Juno window, closes gks qt window
plot(rand(5))
# crashes, doesn't crash if plot(rand(5)) is not called/gks qt window is not closed manually
guiplotter()

crash output
/usr/local/bin/julia-1.0: symbol lookup error: ~/.julia/packages/GR/shnUy/src/../deps/gr/lib/./x11plugin.so: undefined symbol: FT_Init_FreeType

Atom 0.7.12
Julia Version 1.0.1
GR 0.37.0
Plots 0.22.5

harveydevereux on 15 Jan 2019

The above problem is fixed in GR master. We will tag a new version soon ...

jheinen on 16 Jan 2019

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In loop sometime i have problem with GKS, SOMETIME - no corelation with somethink :/ New system Win7 64 home profesional, EasyFix instaled, MS.NETFramework 4.7.2 and .MS.NETFramework 4.7.2 , (polish).... (System automaticly instaled, ) . System updated SP1 and all next . Is there any hope? Migrate on wines 10? ;/

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.1.0
Commit 80516ca202 (2019-01-21 21:24 UTC)
Platform Info:
OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.1 (ORCJIT, sandybridge)
(v1.1) pkg> st
Status C:\Users\PC\.julia\environments\v1.1\Project.toml
[159f3aea] Cairo v0.5.6
[31c24e10] Distributions v0.16.4
[c04bee98] ExcelReaders v0.10.2
[28b8d3ca] GR v0.37.0
[c91e804a] Gadfly v1.0.1
[f67ccb44] HDF5 v0.11.0
[429524aa] Optim v0.17.2
[91a5bcdd] Plots v0.23.0
[d330b81b] PyPlot v2.7.0
[69024149] StringEncodings v0.3.1
[c17dfb99] WinRPM v0.4.2
[bd07be1c] Winston v0.14.1

GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine TEXT
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine TEXT
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine TEXT
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine TEXT
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine TEXT
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine TEXT
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine FILLAREA

programistawpf on 7 Feb 2019

Could you provide a MWE?

jheinen on 7 Feb 2019

MWE ? code ?

julia> p1=plot(map(Date,czastemp),dane,label=string("dane"),title=etykiety[j],linecolor = :blue,ylims = (minimum
(dane),maximum(dane)));

julia> p2=plot(map(Date,czas)[end-11:end],dane[end-11:end],linecolor = :blue,legend = false,xticks=map(Date,czas
)[end-prognoza.*2+1:end][1:12:end],ylims = (minimum(dane),maximum(dane)));

julia> display(Plots.plot(p1,p2,layout=(2,1)))
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine FILLAREA
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine FILLAREA
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine FILLAREA
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE

programistawpf on 7 Feb 2019

Importand info :
k not defined ... but no "k" there ...


julia> Pkg.test("Gtk")
   Testing Gtk
    Status `C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\Temp\jl_3BC7.tmp\Manifest.toml`
  [9e28174c] BinDeps v0.8.10
  [b99e7846] BinaryProvider v0.5.3
  [e1450e63] BufferedStreams v1.0.0
  [159f3aea] Cairo v0.5.6+ #master (https://github.com/JuliaGraphics/Cairo.jl)
  [3da002f7] ColorTypes v0.7.5
  [5ae59095] Colors v0.9.5
  [34da2185] Compat v1.5.1
  [53c48c17] FixedPointNumbers v0.5.3
  [a2bd30eb] Graphics v0.4.0
  [4c0ca9eb] Gtk v0.16.4
  [0862f596] HTTPClient v0.2.1
  [d9be37ee] Homebrew v0.7.1
  [682c06a0] JSON v0.20.0
  [b27032c2] LibCURL v0.4.1
  [522f3ed2] LibExpat v0.5.0
  [2ec943e9] Libz v1.0.0
  [77ba4419] NaNMath v0.3.2
  [189a3867] Reexport v0.2.0
  [30578b45] URIParser v0.4.0
  [c17dfb99] WinRPM v0.4.2
  [2a0f44e3] Base64  [`@stdlib/Base64`]
  [ade2ca70] Dates  [`@stdlib/Dates`]
  [8bb1440f] DelimitedFiles  [`@stdlib/DelimitedFiles`]
  [8ba89e20] Distributed  [`@stdlib/Distributed`]
  [b77e0a4c] InteractiveUtils  [`@stdlib/InteractiveUtils`]
  [76f85450] LibGit2  [`@stdlib/LibGit2`]
  [8f399da3] Libdl  [`@stdlib/Libdl`]
  [37e2e46d] LinearAlgebra  [`@stdlib/LinearAlgebra`]
  [56ddb016] Logging  [`@stdlib/Logging`]
  [d6f4376e] Markdown  [`@stdlib/Markdown`]
  [a63ad114] Mmap  [`@stdlib/Mmap`]
  [44cfe95a] Pkg  [`@stdlib/Pkg`]
  [de0858da] Printf  [`@stdlib/Printf`]
  [3fa0cd96] REPL  [`@stdlib/REPL`]
  [9a3f8284] Random  [`@stdlib/Random`]
  [ea8e919c] SHA  [`@stdlib/SHA`]
  [9e88b42a] Serialization  [`@stdlib/Serialization`]
  [1a1011a3] SharedArrays  [`@stdlib/SharedArrays`]
  [6462fe0b] Sockets  [`@stdlib/Sockets`]
  [2f01184e] SparseArrays  [`@stdlib/SparseArrays`]
  [10745b16] Statistics  [`@stdlib/Statistics`]
  [8dfed614] Test  [`@stdlib/Test`]
  [cf7118a7] UUIDs  [`@stdlib/UUIDs`]
  [4ec0a83e] Unicode  [`@stdlib/Unicode`]
file info contains: 13
Test Summary: | Pass  Total
gui           |   78     78
Test Summary: | Pass  Total
glib          |    8      8
The following messages:
   WARNING: Error in @guarded callback
are expected and a sign of normal operation.
┌ Warning: Error in @guarded callback
└ @ Main.GtkTestModule C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\src\base.jl:92
ERROR: UndefVarError: k not defined
Stacktrace:
 [1] (::getfield(Main.GtkTestModule, Symbol("##39#42")))(::Int64, ::Int64) at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\AD
Drn\src\base.jl:90
 [2] top-level scope at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\misc.jl:28
 [3] top-level scope at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\
v1.1\Test\src\Test.jl:1083
 [4] top-level scope at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\misc.jl:5
 [5] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [6] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [7] include at .\sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
 [8] include(::String) at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\runtests.jl:1
 [9] top-level scope at none:0
 [10] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [11] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [12] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
 [13] include(::String) at .\client.jl:403
 [14] top-level scope at none:0
┌ Warning: Error in @guarded callback
└ @ Main.GtkTestModule C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\src\base.jl:92
ERROR: UndefVarError: k not defined
Stacktrace:
 [1] (::getfield(Main.GtkTestModule, Symbol("#bar2#44")))(::Int64, ::Int64) at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\A
DDrn\src\base.jl:90
 [2] top-level scope at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\misc.jl:30
 [3] top-level scope at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\
v1.1\Test\src\Test.jl:1083
 [4] top-level scope at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\misc.jl:5
 [5] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [6] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [7] include at .\sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
 [8] include(::String) at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\runtests.jl:1
 [9] top-level scope at none:0
 [10] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [11] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [12] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
 [13] include(::String) at .\client.jl:403
 [14] top-level scope at none:0
┌ Warning: Error in @guarded callback
└ @ Main.GtkTestModule C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\src\base.jl:92
ERROR: UndefVarError: k not defined
Stacktrace:
 [1] (::getfield(Main.GtkTestModule, Symbol("#bar3#46")))(::Int64, ::Int64) at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\A
DDrn\src\base.jl:90
 [2] top-level scope at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\misc.jl:32
 [3] top-level scope at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\
v1.1\Test\src\Test.jl:1083
 [4] top-level scope at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\misc.jl:5
 [5] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [6] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [7] include at .\sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
 [8] include(::String) at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\runtests.jl:1
 [9] top-level scope at none:0
 [10] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [11] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [12] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
 [13] include(::String) at .\client.jl:403
 [14] top-level scope at none:0
┌ Warning: Error in @guarded callback
└ @ Main.GtkTestModule C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\src\base.jl:92
ERROR: UndefVarError: k not defined
Stacktrace:
 [1] (::getfield(Main.GtkTestModule, Symbol("#bar4#47")){Int32})(::Int64, ::Int64) at C:\Users\PC\.julia\package
s\Gtk\ADDrn\src\base.jl:90
 [2] top-level scope at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\misc.jl:33
 [3] top-level scope at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\
v1.1\Test\src\Test.jl:1083
 [4] top-level scope at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\misc.jl:5
 [5] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [6] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [7] include at .\sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
 [8] include(::String) at C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\Gtk\ADDrn\test\runtests.jl:1
 [9] top-level scope at none:0
 [10] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [11] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [12] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
 [13] include(::String) at .\client.jl:403
 [14] top-level scope at none:0
Test Summary: | Pass  Total
misc          |    9      9
   Testing Gtk tests passed

programistawpf on 8 Feb 2019

and more : is line with :

[3] top-level scope at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.1\Test\src\Test.jl:1083

on my machine no dir

C:\cygwin\home\
my file is :
C:Users\PC\AppData\Local\Julia-1.1.0\share\julia\stdlib\v1.1\Test\src\Test.jl

What next ? Paul

programistawpf on 8 Feb 2019

and... When I runed gksqt.exe manualy and later runed my code in window (DOS) of gksqt.exe is :

GKS: file open error (./\FONTS\GKSFONT.DAT)
open: No such file or directory
File is in : 
C:\Users\PC\.julia\packages\GR\shnUy\deps\gr\fonts\gksfont.dat

programistawpf on 8 Feb 2019

We need a MWE that we can reproduce.

The Gtk or stdlib errors are not related to GR. gksqt.exe is started on demand with the correct paths (e.g. for the above mentioned font file) set.

jheinen on 8 Feb 2019

what is this MWE ?

programistawpf on 8 Feb 2019

minimal working example (which produces the issue)

jheinen on 8 Feb 2019

Some time only this :

using Plots ; gr()
for i=1:20
display(plot(rand(5)))
end

My code for plots in this project:

j=0
for i=1:l
global j+=1
for i=1:20
p1=plot(map(Date,czastemp),dane,label=string("dane"),title=etykiety[j],linecolor = :blue,ylims = (minimum(dane),maximum(dane)));
p2=plot(map(Date,czas)[end-11:end],dane[end-11:end],linecolor = :blue,legend = false,xticks=map(Date,czas)[end-prognoza.*2+1:end][1:12:end],ylims = (minimum(dane),maximum(dane)));
display(plot(p1,p2,layout=(2,1)))

julia> dane
51-element Array{Float64,1}:
julia> etykiety
1102-element Array{Any,1}:
...
"ŻEL  AŁY 6"
....
julia> czastemp
36-element Array{Date,1}:
 2015-01-01
...
ulia> czas
1-element Array{Date,1}:
2015-01-01
...

National fonts maybe are prblems ? , but simply case do this error too:

using Plots ; gr()
for i=1:20
display(plot(rand(5)))
end

programistawpf on 8 Feb 2019

I tried the following script and it works fine on all platforms:

using Plots
for i=1:20000
   display(plot(plot(rand(5),title=string(i)),plot(rand(10),layout=(1,1))))
end

But I only could test on Windows 10.

jheinen on 8 Feb 2019

First run: error ... like below:

Version 1.1.0 (2019-01-21)

julia> using Plots
julia> for i=1:20000
          display(plot(plot(rand(5),title=string(i)),plot(rand(10),layout=(1,1))))
          end
connect: No error
GKS: can't connect to GKS socket application
Did you start 'gksqt'?

GKS: Open failed in routine OPEN_WS
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSOP or WSAC in routine ACTIVATE_WS
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine FILLAREA
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine FILLAREA
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE

Restart and run ok, it is random sytuation :/

programistawpf on 8 Feb 2019

Hi, is this problem solved?

foldfelis on 19 Jan 2020

Works fine on macOS Catalina with gksqt as output device (although it's 12 times faster with plain GR):

time julia -o gksqt -e 'using Plots; for i=1:20000 display(plot(plot(rand(5),title=string(i)),plot(rand(10),layout=(1,1)))) end'
507.68s user 2.61s system 99% cpu 8:32.77 total

I'm on Plots and GR master.

jheinen on 19 Jan 2020

I still got the same issue as @programistawpf mentioned. But the issue is not random, it shows up every time I call the gui() function when using GR as back end .

GKS: Open failed in routine OPEN_WS
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSOP or WSAC in routine ACTIVATE_WS
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine FILLAREA
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine FILLAREA
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE
GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSAC or SGOP in routine POLYLINE

foldfelis on 20 Jan 2020

lokalizacja
If I before manualy runed gksqt.exe look normal.
Win 7/64 Julia 0.7; Julia 1.0.5
But i have two dirs with gksqt.exe . Is it OK ?
Paul