[26989] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 9.4.32: matlab
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Mon Oct 16 18:09:47 2006
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:09:14 -0400
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@mit.edu>
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>Sorry for the vague nature of the message. I assure you I gave you all the
>information I had at the time, though perhaps that means I just shouldn't
>have submitted a bug yet. It doesn't work no matter which machine I try
>(though I think all were linux athena machines) and even if I delete my
>R2006b folder and start from scratch. I'm using
>
>% add matlab
>% matlab -ver 7.3 -desktop &
Hi again,
I still don't see it. Does the desktop open at all? Have you tried a
non-backgrounded launch (omitting the terminating &)? You can also try
launching as
matlab -ver 7.3
matlab -ver 7.3 -tty
to see if the non-desktop versions work.. There is one problem I know of that
might possibly be related. If you launch as
matlab -ver 7.3
and then later at the Matlab >> prompt launch the desktop by typing
desktop, a desktop window will open but commands typed in it won't
echo and output in the desktop window, but rather they appear back in
the original non-desktop window. This is a known bug but it doesn't
look like you should be hitting it, as launching the desktop directly
as you are doing should work (and works for me).
I'd suggest contacting Athena consulting (olc) and ask them to help you
work through this- you can tell them I can't see anything wrong... there
might be something in your home directory that Matlab doesn't like and
they can help you sort out things like that.
If there's a configuration problem or bug with Matlab the'll get back to me
but I can't do much if I can't reproduce the problem. (I asked several
people in N42 to try it and tested on multiple machines- all worked without
evidence of the problem).
Alex
