Plot does not pop up?
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Hi all,
I am having a weird problem with Matlab that I have never experienced before, and have no idea what the underlying reason could be because it does not generate any error at all.
Basically I try "plot(1,2)" and nothing happens, no figure pops up. However, the command line is kept busy, as if the code enters into an infinite loop. I am using 64 bit Linux and 2014b. I would really appreciate if somebody could direct me towards the solution or give an idea about what the problem could be.
Thanks,
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Bora Ön
on 10 Oct 2016
Edited: Bora Ön
on 11 Oct 2016
I had the same problem. However, I've discovered that xorg driver was not properly installed (you can check it by typing "inxi -Fxz").
I re-installed "xserver-xorg-video-intel" (in my case the graphics card is intel) and reconfigured xserver-xorg, and now matlab works properly without softwareopengl option.( link of the solution )
Hope this helps you,
Bora
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Kai-Uwe Storek
on 26 Jul 2016
Same problem here after last upgrade to Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1 (2016-07-18) x86_64 GNU/Linux.
In addition: "opengl info" (even with -nosoftwareopengl flag) ended with a timeout exception.
Workaround - start matlab with -softwareopengl option.
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Hao Cui
on 3 Aug 2016
Same problem in 2016a on latest Arch Linux. It does works with software OpenGL enabled.
CJ
on 15 Jun 2016
I recently had the very same problem. It started after an automatic update on Fedora 23. I may open empty figures but if I (for example) write
peaks(20)
on the command line MATLAB enters "Busy" mode and it is impossible to stop the operation.
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CJ
on 1 Jul 2016
The problem is reproducible. I reinstalled Fedora (config-4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64) and when I upgraded to config-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64 MATLAB crashes when I try the most basic plot commands.
I did nothing else (except install Google chrome etc.) before I downloaded MATLAB. I.e. I did not install the supported compilers that the installation wizard was prompting for.
MATLAB works fine in every other way.
Walter Roberson
on 1 Jul 2016
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 1 Jul 2016
CJ, which graphics card do you have installed, and which graphics driver version do you have installed?
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