Import pandas with graphics disabled
I'm running an analysis using the Sun Grid Engine.

However, in my code I import pandas, which causes this error to be raised:

`import pandas as pd`

> : cannot connect to X server :3026.0

*This is new.  Until recently, I was able to import and use pandas within the SGE.*

What I've gathered from some Googling and conversations with my sys admin is that pandas is trying to load graphics, and the SGE is not allowing this.

I don't want to do any plotting with pandas. I just want to use its DataFrame features.

Is there a way to load pandas with graphics disabled, so the SGE doesn't hiccup in this way?

**UPDATE:** This error is not raised when I use pandas version 0.18.  So it was introduced by one of the more recent versions.  (The version I tried that did raise the error was 0.20.)

Note, this question has been posted to stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44424058/import-pandas-with-graphics-disabled