# Makie stopped working on my machine after update

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** makie\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392 "2021-03-17T15:53:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/1 "2021-03-17T15:53:51Z")

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Hello  
I did a package update this morning and Makie seems to have stopped working. I tried deleting the .julia directory and instantiating again but the problem didn’t change. Is it just me?

```julia
using Makie
fig = Makie.Figure()

```

results in

```julia
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching alignedbboxobservable!(::Observable{GeometryBasics.HyperRectangle{2,Float32}}, ::Observable{Tuple{Union{Nothing, Float32},Union{Nothing, Float32}}}, ::Observable{Any}, ::Observable{Tuple{Any,Any}}, ::Observable{Tuple{Union{Nothing, Float32},Union{Nothing, Float32}}}, ::Observable{GridLayoutBase.AlignMode}, ::Observable{GridLayoutBase.RectSides{Float32}})
Closest candidates are:
  alignedbboxobservable!(::Observable{GeometryBasics.HyperRectangle{2,Float32}}, ::Observable{Tuple{Union{Nothing, Float32},Union{Nothing, Float32}}}, ::Observable{Tuple{Float32,Float32}}, ::Observable, ::Observable{Tuple{Union{Nothing, Float32},Union{Nothing, Float32}}}, ::Any, ::Any) at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\GridLayoutBase\RV1uX\src\layoutobservables.jl:178
Stacktrace:
 [1] LayoutObservables{GridLayout,G} where G(::Observable{Any}, ::Observable{Any}, ::Observable{Any}, ::Observable{Any}, 
::Observable{Any}, ::Observable{Any}, ::Observable{GridLayoutBase.AlignMode}; suggestedbbox::Observable{GeometryBasics.HyperRectangle{2,Float32}}, protrusions::Nothing, reportedsize::Nothing, autosize::Nothing, computedbbox::Nothing, gridcontent::Nothing) at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\GridLayoutBase\RV1uX\src\layoutobservables.jl:46
 [2] GridLayout(::Int64, ::Int64; rowsizes::Nothing, colsizes::Nothing, addedrowgaps::Nothing, addedcolgaps::Nothing, alignmode::Outside, equalprotrusiongaps::Tuple{Bool,Bool}, bbox::Observable{GeometryBasics.HyperRectangle{2,Float32}}, width::Auto, height::Auto, tellwidth::Bool, tellheight::Bool, halign::Symbol, valign::Symbol, default_rowgap::Float64, default_colgap::Float64, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}) at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\GridLayoutBase\RV1uX\src\gridlayout.jl:45
 [3] GridLayout(; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Any,Tuple{Symbol,Symbol},NamedTuple{(:bbox, :alignmode),Tuple{Observable{GeometryBasics.HyperRectangle{2,Float32}},Outside}}}) at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\GridLayoutBase\RV1uX\src\gridlayout.jl:1
 [4] GridLayout(::Scene; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Outside,Tuple{Symbol},NamedTuple{(:alignmode,),Tuple{Outside}}}) at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\AbstractPlotting\l5lsp\src\makielayout\helpers.jl:175
 [5] layoutscene(::Int64; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}) at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\AbstractPlotting\l5lsp\src\makielayout\helpers.jl:159
 [6] layoutscene(::Int64) at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\AbstractPlotting\l5lsp\src\makielayout\helpers.jl:158 (repeats 2 times)
 [7] Figure(; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}) at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\AbstractPlotting\l5lsp\src\figures.jl:59
 [8] Figure() at C:\Users\user1\.julia\packages\AbstractPlotting\l5lsp\src\figures.jl:59
 [9] top-level scope at REPL[3]:1

```

I’m using Julia 1.5.4 on Windows 10. It happens in VSCode and in the REPL. Package status is:

```julia
 [6e4b80f9] BenchmarkTools v0.6.0
  [336ed68f] CSV v0.8.4
  [be33ccc6] CUDAnative v3.2.0
  [717857b8] DSP v0.6.10
  [a93c6f00] DataFrames v0.22.5
  [31a5f54b] Debugger v0.6.7
  [7a1cc6ca] FFTW v1.3.2
  [e9467ef8] GLMakie v0.1.30
  [6218d12a] ImageMagick v1.2.0
  [ee78f7c6] Makie v0.12.0
  [f0f68f2c] PlotlyJS v0.14.1
  [91a5bcdd] Plots v1.10.6
  [d330b81b] PyPlot v2.9.0
  [295af30f] Revise v3.1.14
  [8149f6b0] WAV v1.1.0

```

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/2 "2021-03-17T16:01:24Z")

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That looks like something that could have happened in the most recent update, although it’s weird that it happens since all tests have been passing.  
Maybe there are some versions, that haven’t been updated correctly.  
Can you post the version of AbstractPlotting + Observables? (You may need to add the for `]st AbstractPlotting Observables` to work

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/3 "2021-03-17T16:11:32Z")

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```julia
   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.6.0-rc1 (2021-02-06)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |

julia> using GLMakie; display(scatter(1:4))
GLMakie.Screen(...)
julia> Figure()
(MakieDev) pkg> st
      Status `C:\Users\sdani\MakieDev\Project.toml`
  [537997a7] AbstractPlotting v0.15.25
  [13f3f980] CairoMakie v0.3.19
  [5ae59095] Colors v0.12.6
  [5789e2e9] FileIO v1.6.4
  [e9467ef8] GLMakie v0.1.30
  [5c1252a2] GeometryBasics v0.3.11
  [6218d12a] ImageMagick v1.2.0
  [6d554a22] MakieTeX v0.0.1
  [510215fc] Observables v0.4.0
  [09ab397b] StructArrays v0.5.0

```

I can’t reproduce it with these versions!  
I’m using julia 1.6 instead of 1.5, but I don’t think that should be an issue (we test on 1.5 in the CI).

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/4 "2021-03-17T16:12:10Z")

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Sorry, but how do I find the version of AbstractPlotting & Observables?

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/5 "2021-03-17T16:12:36Z")

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`]add AbstractPlotting Observables; st AbstractPlotting Observables`

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/6 "2021-03-17T16:17:31Z")

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> [@sdanisch](#):
>
> st AbstractPlotting Observables

I’ve encountered the same problem. Here is the output for mine.

```julia
Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.5/Project.toml`
  [537997a7] AbstractPlotting v0.15.25
  [510215fc] Observables v0.3.3

```

I tried `]add AbstractPlotting@0.15.24` to downgrade it but the problem still persist

```julia
Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.5/Project.toml`
  [537997a7] AbstractPlotting v0.15.24
  [510215fc] Observables v0.3.3

```

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/7 "2021-03-17T16:20:17Z")

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Mine gives

```julia
[537997a7] AbstractPlotting v0.15.25
 [510215fc] Observables v0.3.3

```

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/8 "2021-03-17T16:20:37Z")

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Oh, I see…So the _old_ version of Observables may be the trouble maker…very odd 😃 I’ll check it out!

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/9 "2021-03-17T16:23:31Z")

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That’s it:

```julia
julia> using GLMakie; display(scatter(1:4))
[Info: Precompiling GLMakie [e9467ef8-e4e7-5192-8a1a-b1aee30e663a]
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching alignedbboxobservable!(::Observable{GeometryBasics.HyperRectangle{2, Float32}}, ::Observable{Tuple{Union{Nothing, Float32}, Union{Nothing, Float32}}}, ::Observable{Any}, ::Observable{Tuple{Any, Any}}, ::Observable{Tuple{Union{Nothing, Float32}, Union{Nothing, Float32}}}, ::Observable{GridLayoutBase.AlignMode}, ::Observable{GridLayoutBase.RectSides{Float32}})
Closest candidates are:
  alignedbboxobservable!(::Observable{GeometryBasics.HyperRectangle{2, Float32}}, ::Observable{Tuple{Union{Nothing, Float32}, Union{Nothing, Float32}}}, ::Observable{Tuple{Float32, Float32}}, ::Observable, ::Observable{Tuple{Union{Nothing, Float32}, Union{Nothing, Float32}}}, ::Any, ::Any) at C:\Users\sdani\.julia\packages\GridLayoutBase\RV1uX\src\layoutobservables.jl:178
Stacktrace:

```

I have a theory of why this happens with the old one 😓

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/11 "2021-03-17T16:28:48Z")

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This should fix it: [https://github.com/jkrumbiegel/GridLayoutBase.jl/pull/14](https://github.com/jkrumbiegel/GridLayoutBase.jl/pull/14)

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/12 "2021-03-17T16:31:53Z")

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And almost tagged: [https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/pull/32194](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/pull/32194) 🙂

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-stopped-working-on-my-machine-after-update/57392/13 "2021-03-17T16:56:15Z")

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It’s working now, thanks very much. Great package - I’ve always wanted a Namiki Maki-e fountain pen but this will have to do.