[gpaw-users] Plotting error

[Varadharajan Srinivasan]

Dear Jens,

I did an upgrade install and still got an error (below).

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "MoS2_bands_plot.py", line 37, in <module>
    plt.savefig('MoS2_bands.png')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line
688, in savefig
    res = fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line
1565, in savefig
    self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs)
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line
2232, in print_figure
    **kwargs)
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py",
line 527, in print_png
    FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self)
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py",
line 474, in draw
    self.figure.draw(self.renderer)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line
61, in draw_wrapper
    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line
1159, in draw
    func(*args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line
61, in draw_wrapper
    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axes/_base.py",
line 2324, in draw
    a.draw(renderer)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line
61, in draw_wrapper
    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py", line
1108, in draw
    renderer)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py", line
1058, in _get_tick_bboxes
    extent = tick.label1.get_window_extent(renderer)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/text.py", line
961, in get_window_extent
    bbox, info, descent = self._get_layout(self._renderer)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/text.py", line
352, in _get_layout
    ismath=False)
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py",
line 229, in get_text_width_height_descent
    renderer=self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/texmanager.py",
line 675, in get_text_width_height_descent
    dvifile = self.make_dvi(tex, fontsize)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/texmanager.py",
line 422, in make_dvi
    report))
RuntimeError: LaTeX was not able to process the following string:
'lp'
Here is the full report generated by LaTeX:




On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Jens Jørgen Mortensen <jensj at fysik.dtu.dk>
wrote:

> On 04/26/2016 09:27 AM, Varadharajan Srinivasan via gpaw-users wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I was trying out a tutorial calculation on WS2 band structure with
> spin-orbit coupling. I modified the system to MoS2 and tried out the python
> scripts given in the tutorial. At the plotting stage I get the following
> error :
>
>
> What version of matplotlib do you have?  You could try to a "pip install
> -U --user matplotlib" and see if that helps.
>
> Jens Jørgen
>
>
>  plt.savefig('MoS2_bands.png')
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line
> 688, in savefig
>     res = fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line
> 1565, in savefig
>     self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs)
>   File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line
> 2232, in print_figure
>     **kwargs)
>   File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py",
> line 527, in print_png
>     FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self)
>   File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py",
> line 474, in draw
>     self.figure.draw(self.renderer)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line
> 61, in draw_wrapper
>     draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line
> 1159, in draw
>     func(*args)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line
> 61, in draw_wrapper
>     draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axes/_base.py",
> line 2324, in draw
>     a.draw(renderer)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line
> 61, in draw_wrapper
>     draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py", line
> 739, in draw
>     ln_color_rgba = self._get_rgba_ln_color()
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py", line
> 1251, in _get_rgba_ln_color
>     return colorConverter.to_rgba(self._color, self._alpha)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line
> 376, in to_rgba
>     'to_rgba: Invalid rgba arg "%s"\n%s' % (str(arg), exc))
> ValueError: to_rgba: Invalid rgba arg "0.5"
> to_rgb: Invalid rgb arg "0.5"
> cannot convert argument to rgb sequence
>
>
> Have I missed installing some libraries? I am working on a brew-based
> installation of ase and gpaw on El Capitan Mac OS X.
>
> Thanks,
> Vardha.
>
>
>
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