Ubuntu 12.04, Matlab 2013a issues

Hi

I am currently having problems with Matlab 2013a on Ubuntu 12.04 64bits with 2 monitors:

I am reading a buffer made of many raw images and displaying them on a figure whose position I forcefully set everytime I read a new image. Whatever I do, the figure appears on my left screen (where I set its position) then moves to the second screen (and then to the left). This makes the stream impossible to view...

I cannot try and dock the figure, for that throws a java exception everytime:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: adding a container to a container on a different GraphicsDevice

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thomas

PS: this doesn't happen when I use subplots!

[Daniel Shub]

There is not a lot to go on here, but you should be aware that TMW do not officially support dual monitors.

[Benjamin]

Regarding the Java exception you cite. I use Ubuntu 12.10 and have just upgraded MATLAB from 2013a to 2013b, and for me, with my multiple monitor setup (using Nvidia TwinView), the Java exception no longer happens when docking/undocking figures. I tested this on both monitors. So a potential fix for you could be to upgrade to 2013b.

Regarding Daniel's comment. I have not seen anything saying yay or nay as to multiple monitor support for MATLAB. But I know many people happily working in MATLAB with multiple monitors.

[Daniel Shub]

@benjamin my comment stems from a response to a service request I put in a few years ago. http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/answers/3910#comment_7916

[Charlie]

I'm seeing this problem in R2013b on Ubuntu 13.04 - I haven't checked specific conditions, but most figure windows throw the java exception when created. None are docked and all are on the same monitor as the matlab root window.

About to upgrade to 13.10 to see how that goes.