Importing matplotlib.animation prevents python script from executing in the background #13619
Description
Bug report
Bug summary
Trying to import matplotlib.animation in a Python script prevents it from executing in the background.
I couldn't get the script to run past just the import, but it would also be nice if I could use the animation module to just generate movie file outputs in the background.
Code for reproduction
Python code:
# my_script.py
import matplotlib.animationBash command:
python3 my_script.py &
jobsActual outcome
[1]+ Stopped python3 input.py
Expected outcome
There should be no extra console output from the jobs command since all jobs should have terminated.
Matplotlib version
- Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04
- Matplotlib version: 2.1.1
- Matplotlib backend: Qt4Agg
- Python version: 2.7.15rc1 and 3.6.7
- Jupyter version (if applicable): N/A
- Other libraries: N/A
matplotlib was installed using apt-get:
sudo apt install python-matplotlib python3-matplotlib