octave fails to plot when invoked remotely through xterm

[nanjil]

plot (tmp(:,2))
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
XRequest.149: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) 0x0
XRequest.149: GLXBadContext 0x1c00015
XRequest.149: 0 0x0
octave:4> XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
^C
octave:4> XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014
XRequest.149: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 0x1c00014

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: octave 3.8.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt7
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 30 07:36:59 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-29 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" - Release amd64 20151128
SourcePackage: octave
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Mike Miller (mtmiller)]

Octave uses OpenGL for plotting by default. If your remote display forwarding does not support OpenGL plotting, then this will naturally fail.

Using the gnuplot interface to plot is a useful workaround for buggy video cards, headless operation, or remote sessions like this. Use the command

    graphics_toolkit gnuplot

to use gnuplot in Octave.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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