Plotting the data with scrollable x (time/horizontal) axis on Linux
Have you considered using matplotlib slider widgets?
Here is a little code just to show as example
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.widgets import Slider
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.25)
t = np.arange(0.0, 100.0, 0.1)
s = np.sin(2*np.pi*t)
l, = plt.plot(t,s)
plt.axis([0, 10, -1, 1])
axcolor = 'lightgoldenrodyellow'
axpos = plt.axes([0.2, 0.1, 0.65, 0.03], facecolor=axcolor)
spos = Slider(axpos, 'Pos', 0.1, 90.0)
def update(val):
pos = spos.val
ax.axis([pos,pos+10,-1,1])
fig.canvas.draw_idle()
spos.on_changed(update)
plt.show()