I installed Julia 1.6 on Windows a few days ago, and had been using the Plots package with no problems (GR backend only). Now, every time I plot, I get GKS: can't connect to GKS socket application GKS: Open failed in routine OPEN_WS GKS: GKS not in proper state. GKS must be either in the state WSO…

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GR can't connect on Windows

General Usage

rikh April 1, 2021, 3:58pm 2

Have you tried the suggestions from:

GKS: Open failed in routine OPEN_WS GKS · Issue #172 · jheinen/GR.jl · GitHub
Plots doesn't work properly or
Unable to display plot using the REPL. GKS errors

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GR can't connect on Windows

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