# Cannot display pyvista plot in docker container

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**Category:** Errors\
**Created:** [May 1, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/cannot-display-pyvista-plot-in-docker-container/8202 "2022-05-01T19:48:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/cannot-display-pyvista-plot-in-docker-container/8202/9 "2022-05-10T16:30:41Z")

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I found the solution. Basically, if you run docker in VS there is no connection between the container and host’s X-server.  
In the following link there are many ways to solve the issue:

[http://wiki.ros.org/docker/Tutorials/GUI](http://wiki.ros.org/docker/Tutorials/GUI)

I am following (for now) the 1st method that means to run:

```auto
xhost +local:root 

docker run -it \
     --net=host \
     --env="DISPLAY" \
     --env="QT_X11_NO_MITSHM=1" \
     --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:rw" \
     --volume="$HOME/.Xauthority:/home/developer/.Xauthority:rw" \
     --volume="/media/Discone/Fenics/Docker:/media/Discone/Fenics/Docker" \
     --workdir="/media/Discone/Fenics/Docker"\
     dolfinx/dolfinx

```

of course the following are personal:  
–volume="/media/Discone/Fenics/Docker:/media/Discone/Fenics/Docker"   
–workdir="/media/Discone/Fenics/Docker"\

after working in docker container, run:

```auto
xhost -local:root

```

that returns access control to default.

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