Merge pull request #12 from clearpathrobotics/matplotlib_background

Use Agg for matplotlib on background

Author: Enrique Fernández Perdomo

bag_tools/scripts/check_drop.py

@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
 import numpy
 import argparse
 
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+# Workaround to avoid issues with X11 rendering when running on background:
+import matplotlib as mpl
+mpl.use('Agg')
+
+import mpl.pyplot as plt
 
 def check_drop(inbags, plot_format='png'):
   # Retrieve msg time, bag time and sequence number for all topics and messages:

bag_tools/scripts/plot.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 import matplotlib as mpl
 mpl.use('Agg')
 
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import mpl.pyplot as plt
 
 
 def get_nested_attribute(msg, nested_attributes):