diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
index 9132a859f90f..bc31d31e699b 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
@@ -431,6 +431,17 @@ def _get_toolbar(self):
return toolbar
def resize(self, width, height):
+ max_size = 1_400_000 # the measured max on xorg 1.20.8 was 1_409_023
+
+ if (width > max_size or height > max_size) and sys.platform == 'linux':
+ raise ValueError(
+ 'You have requested to resize the '
+ f'Tk window to ({width}, {height}), one of which '
+ f'is bigger than {max_size}. At larger sizes xorg will '
+ 'either exit with an error on newer versions (~1.20) or '
+ 'cause corruption on older version (~1.19). We '
+ 'do not expect a window over a million pixel wide or tall '
+ 'to be intended behavior.')
self.canvas._tkcanvas.configure(width=width, height=height)
def show(self):
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