Tkinter in IPython notebook

I am running a remote IPython Notebook server. I would like to use a library that has a dependency on Tkinter and that is my problem. Running Tkinter.Tk () gives an error when DISPLAY is not set.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ee/mapclient.py", line 116, in run
    self.parent = Tkinter.Tk()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1767, in __init__
    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable

      

        
        
        
      

    

I have no idea what I can do about this in the context of an IPython Notebook. Pylab drawings can be displayed without problem. Is there any X forwarding I could set in the Notebook config?

I configured the notebook according to these instructions: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-python-ipython-notebook/