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"Amogh Rajanna" <raja0088@umn.edu> wrote in message <h6iqbn$e66$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hello Newsgroup
> 
> i have installed MATLAB on Ubuntu Linux.
> But there is a problem with the installation.
> When i type in matlab from the command prompt, MATLAB starts up  & command window appears.
> But the Standard Menu bar, Tool bar are NOT visible.
> WHen i open the Editor, Figure window, Array Editor etc, the Standard Menu bar, Tool bar in these windows also are NOT visible. But when i dock the Editor, Figure window, Array Editor etc into the main window, the Standard Menu bar, Tool bar in these windows  will become visible.
> 
> I don't understand what's happening.
> Does anyone know what's going on & can suggest some solutions.
> Please any help will be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> AMogh Rajanna


Try this:
for getting the toolbars         
1. Open the executable Matlab script, ~/matlab/bin/matlab in gedit.                                   2. Copy and paste "export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit" into the first line of the file.            
3. Save the file. Close the terminal and restart.

Avinash Parnandi
http://robotics.usc.edu/~parnandi/