Glad to know you have at least a workaround, though I'd
> still like to get this fixed. I'm sure there are people
> who _need_ gtk for other reasons, and thus can't switch
> backends. The fact that the bug only appears with
> specific combinations of matplotlib version, OS and
> connection type (as I said, an SSH login with tunneled
> X11 doesn't show it on a system which does show it at
> the console), makes this problem all the more
> frustrating.
Hey, maybe I should fly out to Boulder and take a look
JDH