pyds9 - ValueError: no active ds9 running for target: ds9

[astrosupriyo]

I am having the following errors when I try to run pyds9.

Python 3.7.9 (default, Aug 31 2020, 12:42:55) [GCC 7.3.0] :: Anaconda, Inc. on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import pyds9 print(pyds9.ds9_targets()) None d = pyds9.DS9() Error in startup script: expected integer but got "" (processing "-size" option) invoked from within "colorbar configure -size $colorbar(size) -ticks $colorbar(ticks) -numerics $colorbar(numerics) -space $colorbar(space) -font $colorbar(font) -fo..." (procedure "LayoutColorbar" line 8) invoked from within "LayoutColorbar" (procedure "CreateColorbar" line 29) invoked from within "CreateColorbar" (file "zipfs:/mntpt/library/ds9.tcl" line 523) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "/home/ir/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pyds9/pyds9.py", line 527, in init raise ValueError('no active ds9 running for target: %s' % target) ValueError: no active ds9 running for target: ds9

Also, :~$ ps guwax | egrep -i ds9 ir 25021 0.0 0.0 2876 2108 pts/0 S 10:51 0:00 /home/astro/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pyds9/xpans -e ir 26845 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts/2 Z 11:07 0:00 [ds9] ir 27231 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts/0 Z+ 11:14 0:00 [ds9] ir 27604 0.0 0.0 9032 2636 pts/2 S+ 11:21 0:00 grep -E --color=auto -i ds9

:~$ ps guwax | egrep xpans ir 25021 0.0 0.0 2876 2108 pts/0 S+ 10:51 0:00 /home/astro/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pyds9/xpans -e ir 25703 0.0 0.0 9032 664 pts/2 S+ 11:04 0:00 grep -E --color=auto xpans

:~$ ds9 & [2] 27827 :~$ Error in startup script: expected integer but got "" (processing "-size" option) invoked from within "colorbar configure -size $colorbar(size) -ticks $colorbar(ticks) -numerics $colorbar(numerics) -space $colorbar(space) -font $colorbar(font) -fo..." (procedure "LayoutColorbar" line 8) invoked from within "LayoutColorbar" (procedure "CreateColorbar" line 29) invoked from within "CreateColorbar" (file "zipfs:/mntpt/library/ds9.tcl" line 523)

[2]- Exit 1 ds9

[ericmandel]

The last test seems to indicate that ds9 is not able to start successfully on your machine, getting the same error about the -size option. @wjoye, have you seen this error before?

[wjoye]

Eric

He submitted a help desk ticket. I had him remove his prefs files and download the latest.

bill

On Feb 16, 2021, at 9:11 AM, Eric Mandel notifications@github.com wrote:

The last test seems to indicate that ds9 is not able to start successfully on your machine, getting the same error about the -size option. @wjoye, have you seen this error before?

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[astrosupriyo]

Thanks a lot for your help. The problem has been resolved.