From 9e61032c319cfcdd35703b70a9dc9fba74bbc330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artem Veremey <artem@veremey.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:09:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Wrapping a plot call in a try block to gracefully handle an
 exception

---
 gamestonk_terminal/helper_funcs.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gamestonk_terminal/helper_funcs.py b/gamestonk_terminal/helper_funcs.py
index 8676f149b46..11a3ffbe196 100644
--- a/gamestonk_terminal/helper_funcs.py
+++ b/gamestonk_terminal/helper_funcs.py
@@ -41,7 +41,16 @@ def valid_date(s: str) -> datetime:
 
 def plot_view_stock(df, symbol):
     df.sort_index(ascending=True, inplace=True)
-    _, axVolume = plt.subplots(figsize=plot_autoscale(), dpi=cfgPlot.PLOT_DPI)
+
+    try:
+        _, axVolume = plt.subplots(figsize=plot_autoscale(), dpi=cfgPlot.PLOT_DPI)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+        print(
+            "Encountered an error trying to open a chart window. Check your X server configuration."
+        )
+        return
+
     plt.bar(df.index, df.iloc[:, -1], color="k", alpha=0.8, width=0.3)
     plt.ylabel("Volume")
     _ = axVolume.twinx()