Matplotlib fullscreen not working
SOLVED - My problem was that I was not up to the latest version of Matplotlib. I did the following steps to get fullscreen working in Matplotlib with Ubuntu 12.10.

Uninstalled matplotlib with sudo apt-get remove python-matplotlib
Installed build dependencies for matplotlib sudo apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib
Installed matplotlib 1.2 with pip sudo pip install matplotlib
Set matplotlib to use the GTK backend with matplotlib.rcParams['backend'] = 'GTK'
Used keyboard shortcut 'f' when the plot was onscreen and it worked!
I am trying desperately to make a fullscreen plot in matplotlib on Ubuntu 12.10. I have tried everything I can find on the web. I need my plot to go completely fullscreen, not just maximized. Has anyone ever gotten this to work? If so, could you please share how?
Thanks.