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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"ERROR: matplotlib.tests.test_backend_pgf.test_pdflatex on Python 3.x","articleBody":"I'm getting this on Python 3.x only.\n\n```\n======================================================================\nERROR: matplotlib.tests.test_backend_pgf.test_pdflatex\n----------------------------------------------------------------------\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/nose/case.py\", line 198, in runTest\n    self.test(*self.arg)\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py\", line 39, in failer\n    result = f(*args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py\", line 30, in backend_switcher\n    result = func(*args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py\", line 82, in test_pdflatex\n    compare_figure('pgf_pdflatex.pdf')\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py\", line 40, in compare_figure\n    plt.savefig(actual)\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py\", line 475, in savefig\n    return fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py\", line 1229, in savefig\n    self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py\", line 2089, in print_figure\n    **kwargs)\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py\", line 694, in print_pdf\n    self.print_pgf(\"figure.pgf\")\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py\", line 674, in print_pgf\n    renderer = RendererPgf(self.figure, fh)\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py\", line 358, in __init__\n    self.latexManager = LatexManagerFactory.get_latex_manager()\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py\", line 205, in get_latex_manager\n    new_inst = LatexManager()\n  File \"/home/mdboom/python3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py\", line 243, in __init__\n    stdout, stderr = latex.communicate(self.latex_header + latex_end)\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.2/subprocess.py\", line 819, in communicate\n    return self._communicate(input)\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.2/subprocess.py\", line 1425, in _communicate\n    stdout, stderr = self._communicate_with_poll(input)\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.2/subprocess.py\", line 1492, in _communicate_with_poll\n    input_offset += os.write(fd, chunk)\nTypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mdboom","@type":"Person","name":"mdboom"},"datePublished":"2012-08-20T17:57:59.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/1118/matplotlib/issues/1118"}