Thread Subject: Problem loading Matlab 2007a for intel MacBook

Hi all.
 
I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed Matlab 7.4 2007a

for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab icon and after a

few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
 
Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
 
barthol

"Panagiotis Vartholomeos" <barthol@central.ntua.gr> wrote in message
news:ef50b0c.-1@webcrossing.raydaftYaTP...
> Hi all.
>
> I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed Matlab 7.4 2007a
>
> for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab icon and after a
>
> few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>
> Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.

What, if any, error messages appeared in the Console?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1629.html

If any did appear, I'd suggest searching our support database:

http://www.mathworks.com/support

or Apple's database:

http://www.apple.com/support/

or Google. If you can't find anything in those locations, contact Technical
Support and have the text of any messages from the Console ready to read to
support.

--
Steve Lord
slord@mathworks.com

Dear Steven,

No messages appear on the Console.

The main window of Matlab simply doesn't start...

barthol

 Steven Lord wrote:
>
>
>
> "Panagiotis Vartholomeos" <barthol@central.ntua.gr> wrote in
> message
> news:ef50b0c.-1@webcrossing.raydaftYaTP...
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed Matlab 7.4
> 2007a
>>
>> for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab icon and
> after a
>>
>> few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>>
>> Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>
> What, if any, error messages appeared in the Console?
>
> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1629.html>
>
> If any did appear, I'd suggest searching our support database:
>
> <http://www.mathworks.com/support>
>
> or Apple's database:
>
> <http://www.apple.com/support/>
>
> or Google. If you can't find anything in those locations, contact
> Technical
> Support and have the text of any messages from the Console ready to
> read to
> support.
>
> --
> Steve Lord
> slord@mathworks.com
>
>
>

Hi Barthol,

Have you checked the System Requirements, and confirmed that you are
updated to Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, and Java 1.5.0_07 or later?

You can check the Mac OS version by selecting About This Mac from the
screen Apple menu in the upper left corner, or by typing 'sw_vers' in
xterm or Terminal. You can check the Java version by opening xterm or
Terminal and typing 'java -version'.

Thanks,

- Brian

Mac Developer
The MathWorks, Inc.



Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
> Dear Steven,
>
> No messages appear on the Console.
>
> The main window of Matlab simply doesn't start...
>
> barthol
>
> Steven Lord wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Panagiotis Vartholomeos" <barthol@central.ntua.gr> wrote in
>>message
>>news:ef50b0c.-1@webcrossing.raydaftYaTP...
>>
>>>Hi all.
>>>
>>>I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed Matlab 7.4
>>
>>2007a
>>
>>>for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab icon and
>>
>>after a
>>
>>>few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>>
>>What, if any, error messages appeared in the Console?
>>
>><http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1629.html>
>>
>>If any did appear, I'd suggest searching our support database:
>>
>><http://www.mathworks.com/support>
>>
>>or Apple's database:
>>
>><http://www.apple.com/support/>
>>
>>or Google. If you can't find anything in those locations, contact
>>Technical
>>Support and have the text of any messages from the Console ready to
>>read to
>>support.
>>
>>--
>>Steve Lord
>>slord@mathworks.com
>>
>>
>>

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the post.

My Mac OS X is 10.4.9
My Java is 1.5.0_07

Should I update the Java?

Is anything else that I should check?

Barthola

 Brian Arnold wrote:
>
>
> Hi Barthol,
>
> Have you checked the System Requirements, and confirmed that you
> are
> updated to Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, and Java 1.5.0_07 or later?
>
> You can check the Mac OS version by selecting About This Mac from
> the
> screen Apple menu in the upper left corner, or by typing 'sw_vers'
> in
> xterm or Terminal. You can check the Java version by opening xterm
> or
> Terminal and typing 'java -version'.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Brian
>
> Mac Developer
> The MathWorks, Inc.
>
>
>
> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>> Dear Steven,
>>
>> No messages appear on the Console.
>>
>> The main window of Matlab simply doesn't start...
>>
>> barthol
>>
>> Steven Lord wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Panagiotis Vartholomeos" <barthol@central.ntua.gr>
wrote in
>>>message
>>>news:ef50b0c.-1@webcrossing.raydaftYaTP...
>>>
>>>>Hi all.
>>>>
>>>>I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed
Matlab 7.4
>>>
>>>2007a
>>>
>>>>for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab
icon and
>>>
>>>after a
>>>
>>>>few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>>>
>>>What, if any, error messages appeared in the Console?
>>>
>>><http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1629.html>
>>>
>>>If any did appear, I'd suggest searching our support
database:
>>>
>>><http://www.mathworks.com/support>
>>>
>>>or Apple's database:
>>>
>>><http://www.apple.com/support/>
>>>
>>>or Google. If you can't find anything in those locations,
contact
>>>Technical
>>>Support and have the text of any messages from the Console
ready
> to
>>>read to
>>>support.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Steve Lord
>>>slord@mathworks.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>

Hello,

If it helps, I'm having the exact same problem on my MacBook Pro.
I'm also at 10.4.9 and my java version is build 1.5.0_07-164).

I noticed that I can run in terminal mode with the -nojvm just fine,
but it freezing on the "Initializing" screen when I try to run it
normally.

I'm guessing that maybe there is a problem on the java side of
things?

Thanks,
John

 Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Thanks for the post.
>
> My Mac OS X is 10.4.9
> My Java is 1.5.0_07
>
> Should I update the Java?
>
> Is anything else that I should check?
>
> Barthola
>
> Brian Arnold wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Barthol,
>>
>> Have you checked the System Requirements, and confirmed that
you
>> are
>> updated to Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, and Java 1.5.0_07 or
later?
>>
>> You can check the Mac OS version by selecting About This Mac
from
>> the
>> screen Apple menu in the upper left corner, or by typing
> 'sw_vers'
>> in
>> xterm or Terminal. You can check the Java version by opening
> xterm
>> or
>> Terminal and typing 'java -version'.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> - Brian
>>
>> Mac Developer
>> The MathWorks, Inc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>> Dear Steven,
>>>
>>> No messages appear on the Console.
>>>
>>> The main window of Matlab simply doesn't start...
>>>
>>> barthol
>>>
>>> Steven Lord wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Panagiotis Vartholomeos"
<barthol@central.ntua.gr>
> wrote in
>>>>message
>>>>news:ef50b0c.-1@webcrossing.raydaftYaTP...
>>>>
>>>>>Hi all.
>>>>>
>>>>>I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed
> Matlab 7.4
>>>>
>>>>2007a
>>>>
>>>>>for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab
> icon and
>>>>
>>>>after a
>>>>
>>>>>few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>>>>
>>>>What, if any, error messages appeared in the Console?
>>>>
>>>><http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1629.html>
>>>>
>>>>If any did appear, I'd suggest searching our support
> database:
>>>>
>>>><http://www.mathworks.com/support>
>>>>
>>>>or Apple's database:
>>>>
>>>><http://www.apple.com/support/>
>>>>
>>>>or Google. If you can't find anything in those
locations,
> contact
>>>>Technical
>>>>Support and have the text of any messages from the
Console
> ready
>> to
>>>>read to
>>>>support.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Steve Lord
>>>>slord@mathworks.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>

I just encountered this same problem and got around it by updating
X11 to 1.1.3. The update should be available via Software Update.

John Dyreby wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> If it helps, I'm having the exact same problem on my MacBook Pro.
> I'm also at 10.4.9 and my java version is build 1.5.0_07-164).
>
> I noticed that I can run in terminal mode with the -nojvm just
> fine,
> but it freezing on the "Initializing" screen when I try to run it
> normally.
>
> I'm guessing that maybe there is a problem on the java side of
> things?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> Thanks for the post.
>>
>> My Mac OS X is 10.4.9
>> My Java is 1.5.0_07
>>
>> Should I update the Java?
>>
>> Is anything else that I should check?
>>
>> Barthola
>>
>> Brian Arnold wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Barthol,
>>>
>>> Have you checked the System Requirements, and confirmed
that
> you
>>> are
>>> updated to Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, and Java 1.5.0_07 or
> later?
>>>
>>> You can check the Mac OS version by selecting About This
Mac
> from
>>> the
>>> screen Apple menu in the upper left corner, or by typing
>> 'sw_vers'
>>> in
>>> xterm or Terminal. You can check the Java version by
opening
>> xterm
>>> or
>>> Terminal and typing 'java -version'.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> - Brian
>>>
>>> Mac Developer
>>> The MathWorks, Inc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>>> Dear Steven,
>>>>
>>>> No messages appear on the Console.
>>>>
>>>> The main window of Matlab simply doesn't start...
>>>>
>>>> barthol
>>>>
>>>> Steven Lord wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Panagiotis Vartholomeos"
> <barthol@central.ntua.gr>
>> wrote in
>>>>>message
>>>>>news:ef50b0c.-1@webcrossing.raydaftYaTP...
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I
> installed
>> Matlab 7.4
>>>>>
>>>>>2007a
>>>>>
>>>>>>for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the
> Matlab
>> icon and
>>>>>
>>>>>after a
>>>>>
>>>>>>few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading
> stopped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>What, if any, error messages appeared in the
Console?
>>>>>
>>>>><http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1629.html>
>>>>>
>>>>>If any did appear, I'd suggest searching our support
>> database:
>>>>>
>>>>><http://www.mathworks.com/support>
>>>>>
>>>>>or Apple's database:
>>>>>
>>>>><http://www.apple.com/support/>
>>>>>
>>>>>or Google. If you can't find anything in those
> locations,
>> contact
>>>>>Technical
>>>>>Support and have the text of any messages from the
> Console
>> ready
>>> to
>>>>>read to
>>>>>support.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Steve Lord
>>>>>slord@mathworks.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>

Thanks for posting... I already had version 1.1.3 for X11. I tried
doing the upgrade again (in case it was broken for some reason) but
still had the same problem with the GUI for MATLAB. Still not sure
what is going on...

 Phredd Groves wrote:
>
>
> I just encountered this same problem and got around it by updating
> X11 to 1.1.3. The update should be available via Software Update.
>
> John Dyreby wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> If it helps, I'm having the exact same problem on my MacBook
Pro.
>> I'm also at 10.4.9 and my java version is build 1.5.0_07-164).
>>
>> I noticed that I can run in terminal mode with the -nojvm just
>> fine,
>> but it freezing on the "Initializing" screen when I try to run
it
>> normally.
>>
>> I'm guessing that maybe there is a problem on the java side of
>> things?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John

Hello everyone!

I'm having the exactly same problem. System:
- Macbook Pro 2.33Intel Core 2
- 2 GB RAM
- Java: 1.5.0_07
- Mac OS 10.4.9
- X11: Version 1.1.3

trying to run Matlab 7.4

I re-installed Matlab several times (since I didn't have X11 neither
Java on the latest versions) but it just won't work:

Behaviour is:

I start Matlab. X11 gets started. The Matlab-Lanucher bounces for a
couple of times and then quits.

One "thing" that might be a possible reason:
I found a file "launch_matlab.sh" in the "Start Matlab"-Package. In
here you find a case-handling that is looking for a directory
"bin/$ARCHITECTURE/......"
where $ARCHITECTURE is "maci" if the App is run on an intel machine.
However: there is no directory:
/bin/maci/
only
/bin/mac/
Maybe this is just nothing...but maybe it's also the solution and
then my Matlab-version that I recieved is not "usable"...

I'd be glad for any comments or hints to resolve this issue!

Mat

I have the same problem and although I posted it several times, none
of Mathworks worker gave a reply to it. I guess that, they also don't
know what's going on the Mac OSX side.

Matthias Geissbuehler wrote:
>
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> I'm having the exactly same problem. System:
> - Macbook Pro 2.33Intel Core 2
> - 2 GB RAM
> - Java: 1.5.0_07
> - Mac OS 10.4.9
> - X11: Version 1.1.3
>
> trying to run Matlab 7.4
>
> I re-installed Matlab several times (since I didn't have X11
> neither
> Java on the latest versions) but it just won't work:
>
> Behaviour is:
>
> I start Matlab. X11 gets started. The Matlab-Lanucher bounces for a
> couple of times and then quits.
>
> One "thing" that might be a possible reason:
> I found a file "launch_matlab.sh" in the "Start Matlab"-Package. In
> here you find a case-handling that is looking for a directory
> "bin/$ARCHITECTURE/......"
> where $ARCHITECTURE is "maci" if the App is run on an intel
> machine.
> However: there is no directory:
> /bin/maci/
> only
> /bin/mac/
> Maybe this is just nothing...but maybe it's also the solution and
> then my Matlab-version that I recieved is not "usable"...
>
> I'd be glad for any comments or hints to resolve this issue!
>
> Mat

Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>
>
> I have the same problem and although I posted it several times,
> none
> of Mathworks worker gave a reply to it. I guess that, they also
> don't
> know what's going on the Mac OSX side.
>
> Matthias Geissbuehler wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I'm having the exactly same problem. System:
>> - Macbook Pro 2.33Intel Core 2
>> - 2 GB RAM
>> - Java: 1.5.0_07
>> - Mac OS 10.4.9
>> - X11: Version 1.1.3
>>
>> trying to run Matlab 7.4
>>
>> I re-installed Matlab several times (since I didn't have X11
>> neither
>> Java on the latest versions) but it just won't work:
>>
>> Behaviour is:
>>
>> I start Matlab. X11 gets started. The Matlab-Lanucher bounces
for
> a
>> couple of times and then quits.
>>
>> One "thing" that might be a possible reason:
>> I found a file "launch_matlab.sh" in the "Start
Matlab"-Package.
> In
>> here you find a case-handling that is looking for a directory
>> "bin/$ARCHITECTURE/......"
>> where $ARCHITECTURE is "maci" if the App is run on an intel
>> machine.
>> However: there is no directory:
>> /bin/maci/
>> only
>> /bin/mac/
>> Maybe this is just nothing...but maybe it's also the solution
and
>> then my Matlab-version that I recieved is not "usable"...
>>
>> I'd be glad for any comments or hints to resolve this issue!
>>
>> Mat

Ugh... same problem here. On a PPC Powerbook 1.25GHz, 1GB RAM.
Launcher bounces a couple of times in the dock, then disappears. If
I try to start matlab directly from the CLI in X11 using:

bin/mac/setsid bin/matlab -desktop -display :0.0

(the same line from launch_matlab.sh in the MATLAB Starter.app
package), then nothing happens; that is, I get the prompt back. No
hanging, no errors in the console.log or system.log, no crashes, etc.

$ java -version
java version "1.5.0_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-164)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-87, mixed mode)

$ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.4.8
BuildVersion: 8L127

Hi,

For some of the reported problems, I think Matthias has indicated one
root cause: the incorrect binary architecture is installed. If you are
running on an Intel-based Mac but have the PowerPC version installed, it
won't start, and vice versa.

If you are downloading then installing, make sure you are downloading
the correct architecture for your Mac ("Mac" is for PowerPC, "Intel Mac"
is for Intel-based Mac), and are installing the correct architecture.

If you are installing from DVD, you should not have a problem unless you
install from one Mac and run from another Mac of a different
architecture. The installer will install only the architecture it is
running on, not the architecture the installed MATLAB will run from, to
save on disk space. This is especially important for MacBook and
PowerBook users, where disk space is limited.

PowerPC versions of MATLAB don't run (well) under Rossetta (unless you
use -nojvm, due to a limitation that Java only runs native), so you must
have the native Intel Mac version of MATLAB R2007a to run on an
Intel-based Mac.

Let me know if this clears things up for some of the reported problems.

- Brian

Mac Developer
The MathWorks, Inc.

o_depot wrote:
> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>
>> I have the same problem and although I posted it several times,
>> none
>> of Mathworks worker gave a reply to it. I guess that, they also
>> don't
>> know what's going on the Mac OSX side.
>>
>> Matthias Geissbuehler wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> I'm having the exactly same problem. System:
>>> - Macbook Pro 2.33Intel Core 2
>>> - 2 GB RAM
>>> - Java: 1.5.0_07
>>> - Mac OS 10.4.9
>>> - X11: Version 1.1.3
>>>
>>> trying to run Matlab 7.4
>>>
>>> I re-installed Matlab several times (since I didn't have X11
>>> neither
>>> Java on the latest versions) but it just won't work:
>>>
>>> Behaviour is:
>>>
>>> I start Matlab. X11 gets started. The Matlab-Lanucher bounces
> for
>> a
>>> couple of times and then quits.
>>>
>>> One "thing" that might be a possible reason:
>>> I found a file "launch_matlab.sh" in the "Start
> Matlab"-Package.
>> In
>>> here you find a case-handling that is looking for a directory
>>> "bin/$ARCHITECTURE/......"
>>> where $ARCHITECTURE is "maci" if the App is run on an intel
>>> machine.
>>> However: there is no directory:
>>> /bin/maci/
>>> only
>>> /bin/mac/
>>> Maybe this is just nothing...but maybe it's also the solution
> and
>>> then my Matlab-version that I recieved is not "usable"...
>>>
>>> I'd be glad for any comments or hints to resolve this issue!
>>>
>>> Mat
>
> Ugh... same problem here. On a PPC Powerbook 1.25GHz, 1GB RAM.
> Launcher bounces a couple of times in the dock, then disappears. If
> I try to start matlab directly from the CLI in X11 using:
>
> bin/mac/setsid bin/matlab -desktop -display :0.0
>
> (the same line from launch_matlab.sh in the MATLAB Starter.app
> package), then nothing happens; that is, I get the prompt back. No
> hanging, no errors in the console.log or system.log, no crashes, etc.
>
> $ java -version
> java version "1.5.0_07"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-164)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-87, mixed mode)
>
> $ sw_vers
> ProductName: Mac OS X
> ProductVersion: 10.4.8
> BuildVersion: 8L127

o_depot wrote:
>
>
> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have the same problem and although I posted it several times,
>> none
>> of Mathworks worker gave a reply to it. I guess that, they also
>> don't
>> know what's going on the Mac OSX side.
>>
>> Matthias Geissbuehler wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> I'm having the exactly same problem. System:
>>> - Macbook Pro 2.33Intel Core 2
>>> - 2 GB RAM
>>> - Java: 1.5.0_07
>>> - Mac OS 10.4.9
>>> - X11: Version 1.1.3
>>>
>>> trying to run Matlab 7.4
>>>
>>> I re-installed Matlab several times (since I didn't have
X11
>>> neither
>>> Java on the latest versions) but it just won't work:
>>>
>>> Behaviour is:
>>>
>>> I start Matlab. X11 gets started. The Matlab-Lanucher
bounces
> for
>> a
>>> couple of times and then quits.
>>>
>>> One "thing" that might be a possible reason:
>>> I found a file "launch_matlab.sh" in the "Start
> Matlab"-Package.
>> In
>>> here you find a case-handling that is looking for a
directory
>>> "bin/$ARCHITECTURE/......"
>>> where $ARCHITECTURE is "maci" if the App is run on an intel
>>> machine.
>>> However: there is no directory:
>>> /bin/maci/
>>> only
>>> /bin/mac/
>>> Maybe this is just nothing...but maybe it's also the
solution
> and
>>> then my Matlab-version that I recieved is not "usable"...
>>>
>>> I'd be glad for any comments or hints to resolve this
issue!
>>>
>>> Mat
>
> Ugh... same problem here. On a PPC Powerbook 1.25GHz, 1GB RAM.
> Launcher bounces a couple of times in the dock, then disappears.
> If
> I try to start matlab directly from the CLI in X11 using:
>
> bin/mac/setsid bin/matlab -desktop -display :0.0
>
> (the same line from launch_matlab.sh in the MATLAB Starter.app
> package), then nothing happens; that is, I get the prompt back.
> No
> hanging, no errors in the console.log or system.log, no crashes,
> etc.
>
> $ java -version
> java version "1.5.0_07"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build
> 1.5.0_07-164)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-87, mixed mode)
>
> $ sw_vers
> ProductName: Mac OS X
> ProductVersion: 10.4.8
> BuildVersion: 8L127
 
It is really interesting that, non of the Mathworks worker or system
engineers answer to the Intel Mac questions. And I'm sure that, they
also don't know why this problem occurs.

"Fatih Ayoglu" <fayoglu@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ef50b0c.10@webcrossing.raydaftYaTP...
> o_depot wrote:
>>
>>
>> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I have the same problem and although I posted it several times,
>>> none
>>> of Mathworks worker gave a reply to it. I guess that, they also
>>> don't
>>> know what's going on the Mac OSX side.
>>>
>>> Matthias Geissbuehler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone!
>>>>
>>>> I'm having the exactly same problem. System:
>>>> - Macbook Pro 2.33Intel Core 2
>>>> - 2 GB RAM
>>>> - Java: 1.5.0_07
>>>> - Mac OS 10.4.9
>>>> - X11: Version 1.1.3
>>>>
>>>> trying to run Matlab 7.4
>>>>
>>>> I re-installed Matlab several times (since I didn't have
> X11
>>>> neither
>>>> Java on the latest versions) but it just won't work:
>>>>
>>>> Behaviour is:
>>>>
>>>> I start Matlab. X11 gets started. The Matlab-Lanucher
> bounces
>> for
>>> a
>>>> couple of times and then quits.
>>>>
>>>> One "thing" that might be a possible reason:
>>>> I found a file "launch_matlab.sh" in the "Start
>> Matlab"-Package.
>>> In
>>>> here you find a case-handling that is looking for a
> directory
>>>> "bin/$ARCHITECTURE/......"
>>>> where $ARCHITECTURE is "maci" if the App is run on an intel
>>>> machine.
>>>> However: there is no directory:
>>>> /bin/maci/
>>>> only
>>>> /bin/mac/
>>>> Maybe this is just nothing...but maybe it's also the
> solution
>> and
>>>> then my Matlab-version that I recieved is not "usable"...
>>>>
>>>> I'd be glad for any comments or hints to resolve this
> issue!
>>>>
>>>> Mat
>>
>> Ugh... same problem here. On a PPC Powerbook 1.25GHz, 1GB RAM.
>> Launcher bounces a couple of times in the dock, then disappears.
>> If
>> I try to start matlab directly from the CLI in X11 using:
>>
>> bin/mac/setsid bin/matlab -desktop -display :0.0
>>
>> (the same line from launch_matlab.sh in the MATLAB Starter.app
>> package), then nothing happens; that is, I get the prompt back.
>> No
>> hanging, no errors in the console.log or system.log, no crashes,
>> etc.
>>
>> $ java -version
>> java version "1.5.0_07"
>> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build
>> 1.5.0_07-164)
>> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-87, mixed mode)
>>
>> $ sw_vers
>> ProductName: Mac OS X
>> ProductVersion: 10.4.8
>> BuildVersion: 8L127
>
> It is really interesting that, non of the Mathworks worker or system
> engineers answer to the Intel Mac questions. And I'm sure that, they
> also don't know why this problem occurs.

We answer those questions we can answer and that we want to answer, just
like everyone else on the newsgroup. If you want to ensure that you receive
an answer, contact Technical Support as I suggested earlier in this thread.

--
Steve Lord
slord@mathworks.com

Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>
>
> Hi all.
>
> I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed Matlab 7.4
> 2007a
>
> for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab icon and after
> a
>
> few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>
> Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>
> barthol
 
I also have similar problem on Intel Mac (10.4.9). In my case when I
try to run matlab from console, I get:
 Failed to start the Desktop: Failure loading desktop class

Marcin wrote:
>
>
> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed Matlab 7.4
>> 2007a
>>
>> for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab icon and
> after
>> a
>>
>> few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>>
>> Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>>
>> barthol
>
> I also have similar problem on Intel Mac (10.4.9). In my case when
> I
> try to run matlab from console, I get:
> Failed to start the Desktop: Failure loading desktop class
  

Finally working!!!
What I did was to update Java. In my system (Intel Mac, 10.4.9,
X11=1.1.3 ) there are to Java's so I updated them bought to the
latest version available by Software Update: J2SE 5.0 Release 4 and
Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 5.

Marcin wrote:
>
>
> Marcin wrote:
>>
>>
>> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed Matlab
> 7.4
>>> 2007a
>>>
>>> for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab icon
and
>> after
>>> a
>>>
>>> few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>>>
>>> barthol
>>
>> I also have similar problem on Intel Mac (10.4.9). In my case
> when
>> I
>> try to run matlab from console, I get:
>> Failed to start the Desktop: Failure loading desktop class
>
>
> Finally working!!!
> What I did was to update Java. In my system (Intel Mac, 10.4.9,
> X11=1.1.3 ) there are to Java's so I updated them bought to the
> latest version available by Software Update: J2SE 5.0 Release 4 and
> Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 5.
  
My Java versio is already 1.5.0_07, but still problem

Hi all,

Unfortunately my java version is already 1.5.0_07.

The workaround (arguably not a good one) was to create a new account
for my self. Matlab worked perfectly fine in the new account (as well
as in the root account).

Panagiotis

-----------------------------------------
 Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>
>
> Marcin wrote:
>>
>>
>> Marcin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all.
>>>>
>>>> I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed
> Matlab
>> 7.4
>>>> 2007a
>>>>
>>>> for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab
icon
> and
>>> after
>>>> a
>>>>
>>>> few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>>>>
>>>> barthol
>>>
>>> I also have similar problem on Intel Mac (10.4.9). In my
case
>> when
>>> I
>>> try to run matlab from console, I get:
>>> Failed to start the Desktop: Failure loading desktop class
>>
>>
>> Finally working!!!
>> What I did was to update Java. In my system (Intel Mac, 10.4.9,
>> X11=1.1.3 ) there are to Java's so I updated them bought to the
>> latest version available by Software Update: J2SE 5.0 Release 4
> and
>> Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 5.
>
> My Java versio is already 1.5.0_07, but still problem

Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Unfortunately my java version is already 1.5.0_07.
>
> The workaround (arguably not a good one) was to create a new
> account
> for my self. Matlab worked perfectly fine in the new account (as
> well
> as in the root account).
>
> Panagiotis
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>
>>
>> Marcin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Marcin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>
>>>>> I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I
installed
>> Matlab
>>> 7.4
>>>>> 2007a
>>>>>
>>>>> for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the
Matlab
> icon
>> and
>>>> after
>>>>> a
>>>>>
>>>>> few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> barthol
>>>>
>>>> I also have similar problem on Intel Mac (10.4.9). In
my
> case
>>> when
>>>> I
>>>> try to run matlab from console, I get:
>>>> Failed to start the Desktop: Failure loading desktop
> class
>>>
>>>
>>> Finally working!!!
>>> What I did was to update Java. In my system (Intel Mac,
> 10.4.9,
>>> X11=1.1.3 ) there are to Java's so I updated them bought to
> the
>>> latest version available by Software Update: J2SE 5.0
Release
> 4
>> and
>>> Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 5.
>>
>> My Java versio is already 1.5.0_07, but still problem

Yes, this works good, thank you a lot

Fatih Ayoglu wrote:

> It is really interesting that, non of the Mathworks
> worker or system engineers answer to the Intel Mac
> questions. And I'm sure that, they
> also don't know why this problem occurs.

One users on this thread had the idea to call Technical Support -
which is the way I suggest for issues like that.

We found out that his IT provided him a MAC version for PPC and not
for the Intel Mac which was causing the issue.

Andreas

Andreas Goser wrote:
>
>
> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>
>> It is really interesting that, non of the Mathworks
>> worker or system engineers answer to the Intel Mac
>> questions. And I'm sure that, they
>> also don't know why this problem occurs.
>
> One users on this thread had the idea to call Technical Support -
> which is the way I suggest for issues like that.
>
> We found out that his IT provided him a MAC version for PPC and not
> for the Intel Mac which was causing the issue.
>
> Andreas

I followed Andreas recommendation and I saw the light...!
I sifted through the archive of mathworks technical support. I found
a solution which lends itself perfectly to my problem (and hopefully
to yours). The solution is:

------------------------------------------------------
1. Open the Terminal Application (usually found in Applications or
Utilities).
2. Type "cd /Users/" and press Enter.
3. Type "ls" and press Enter. This will list the folders in this
directory. One of these folders relates to your username.
4. Type "cd <enter you username directory here>", then press
Enter.
5. From this directory you will need to remove your preferences
directory by typing the command "rm -rf .matlab/"
6. Start MATLAB again once this folder's contents have been removed.

------------------------------------------------------

As far as I understand the matlab preferences are stored into a
hidden file called .matlab which resides outside the main matlab
directory.

For some reason this .matlab file could not be updated properly when
I switched from 2007 beta to 2007a version. So it had to be deleted
and be recreated by starting matlab program again.

Panagiotis

Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>
>
> Andreas Goser wrote:
>>
>>
>> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>
>>> It is really interesting that, non of the Mathworks
>>> worker or system engineers answer to the Intel Mac
>>> questions. And I'm sure that, they
>>> also don't know why this problem occurs.
>>
>> One users on this thread had the idea to call Technical Support
-
>> which is the way I suggest for issues like that.
>>
>> We found out that his IT provided him a MAC version for PPC and
> not
>> for the Intel Mac which was causing the issue.
>>
>> Andreas
>
> I followed Andreas recommendation and I saw the light...!
> I sifted through the archive of mathworks technical support. I
> found
> a solution which lends itself perfectly to my problem (and
> hopefully
> to yours). The solution is:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 1. Open the Terminal Application (usually found in Applications or
> Utilities).
> 2. Type "cd /Users/" and press Enter.
> 3. Type "ls" and press Enter. This will list the folders in this
> directory. One of these folders relates to your username.
> 4. Type "cd <enter you username directory here>", then press
> Enter.
> 5. From this directory you will need to remove your preferences
> directory by typing the command "rm -rf .matlab/"
> 6. Start MATLAB again once this folder's contents have been
> removed.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> As far as I understand the matlab preferences are stored into a
> hidden file called .matlab which resides outside the main matlab
> directory.
>
> For some reason this .matlab file could not be updated properly
> when
> I switched from 2007 beta to 2007a version. So it had to be deleted
> and be recreated by starting matlab program again.
>
> Panagiotis
  
These steps don't solve my problem, although I can use Matlab 7.4 on
different user

I have a Macbook and I used to have the same problem. The best
feasible and efficient workaround I came up with is the following
simple one:

1. Open X11 application.
2. Change to the MATLAB/bin directory (e.g. cd
/Applications/MATLAB74/bin).
3. Run sudo ./matlab
4. Enter your password.
5. MATLAB starts smoothly.

The problem is that java must be started from the ROOT user and not
your user, still when clicking on the matlab icon you start it as
your user, not the root (e.g. if you replace step 3 with $./matlab
then you will get a message about not having logged as root resulting
in java crash).

Presumably there might be a permanent solution to this java-related
problem, however this solution is a very fast and elegant way to run
matlab on your beloved mac-intel.

 Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>
>
> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>
>>
>> Andreas Goser wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is really interesting that, non of the Mathworks
>>>> worker or system engineers answer to the Intel Mac
>>>> questions. And I'm sure that, they
>>>> also don't know why this problem occurs.
>>>
>>> One users on this thread had the idea to call Technical
> Support
> -
>>> which is the way I suggest for issues like that.
>>>
>>> We found out that his IT provided him a MAC version for PPC
> and
>> not
>>> for the Intel Mac which was causing the issue.
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>
>> I followed Andreas recommendation and I saw the light...!
>> I sifted through the archive of mathworks technical support. I
>> found
>> a solution which lends itself perfectly to my problem (and
>> hopefully
>> to yours). The solution is:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> 1. Open the Terminal Application (usually found in Applications
> or
>> Utilities).
>> 2. Type "cd /Users/" and press Enter.
>> 3. Type "ls" and press Enter. This will list the folders in
this
>> directory. One of these folders relates to your username.
>> 4. Type "cd <enter you username directory here>", then
> press
>> Enter.
>> 5. From this directory you will need to remove your preferences
>> directory by typing the command "rm -rf .matlab/"
>> 6. Start MATLAB again once this folder's contents have been
>> removed.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> As far as I understand the matlab preferences are stored into a
>> hidden file called .matlab which resides outside the main
matlab
>> directory.
>>
>> For some reason this .matlab file could not be updated properly
>> when
>> I switched from 2007 beta to 2007a version. So it had to be
> deleted
>> and be recreated by starting matlab program again.
>>
>> Panagiotis
>
> These steps don't solve my problem, although I can use Matlab 7.4
> on
> different user

I have a Macbook and I used to have the same problem. The best
feasible and efficient workaround I came up with is the following
simple one:

1. Open X11 application.
2. Change to the MATLAB/bin directory (e.g. cd
/Applications/MATLAB74/bin).
3. Run sudo ./matlab
4. Enter your password.
5. MATLAB starts smoothly with all the eye-candy.

The problem is that java must be started from the ROOT user and not
your user, still when clicking on the matlab icon you start it as
your user, not the root (e.g. if you replace step 3 with $./matlab
then you will get a message about not having logged as root resulting
in java crash).

Presumably there might be a permanent solution to this java-related
problem, however this solution is a very fast and elegant way to run
matlab on your beloved mac-intel.

 Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>
>
> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>
>>
>> Andreas Goser wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is really interesting that, non of the Mathworks
>>>> worker or system engineers answer to the Intel Mac
>>>> questions. And I'm sure that, they
>>>> also don't know why this problem occurs.
>>>
>>> One users on this thread had the idea to call Technical
> Support
> -
>>> which is the way I suggest for issues like that.
>>>
>>> We found out that his IT provided him a MAC version for PPC
> and
>> not
>>> for the Intel Mac which was causing the issue.
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>
>> I followed Andreas recommendation and I saw the light...!
>> I sifted through the archive of mathworks technical support. I
>> found
>> a solution which lends itself perfectly to my problem (and
>> hopefully
>> to yours). The solution is:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> 1. Open the Terminal Application (usually found in Applications
> or
>> Utilities).
>> 2. Type "cd /Users/" and press Enter.
>> 3. Type "ls" and press Enter. This will list the folders in
this
>> directory. One of these folders relates to your username.
>> 4. Type "cd <enter you username directory here>", then
> press
>> Enter.
>> 5. From this directory you will need to remove your preferences
>> directory by typing the command "rm -rf .matlab/"
>> 6. Start MATLAB again once this folder's contents have been
>> removed.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> As far as I understand the matlab preferences are stored into a
>> hidden file called .matlab which resides outside the main
matlab
>> directory.
>>
>> For some reason this .matlab file could not be updated properly
>> when
>> I switched from 2007 beta to 2007a version. So it had to be
> deleted
>> and be recreated by starting matlab program again.
>>
>> Panagiotis
>
> These steps don't solve my problem, although I can use Matlab 7.4
> on
> different user

Sotirios Chatzis wrote:
>
>
> I have a Macbook and I used to have the same problem. The best
> feasible and efficient workaround I came up with is the following
> simple one:
>
> 1. Open X11 application.
> 2. Change to the MATLAB/bin directory (e.g. cd
> /Applications/MATLAB74/bin).
> 3. Run sudo ./matlab
> 4. Enter your password.
> 5. MATLAB starts smoothly with all the eye-candy.
>
> The problem is that java must be started from the ROOT user and not
> your user, still when clicking on the matlab icon you start it as
> your user, not the root (e.g. if you replace step 3 with $./matlab
> then you will get a message about not having logged as root
> resulting
> in java crash).
>
> Presumably there might be a permanent solution to this java-related
> problem, however this solution is a very fast and elegant way to
> run
> matlab on your beloved mac-intel.
>
> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>
>>
>> Panagiotis Vartholomeos wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Andreas Goser wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fatih Ayoglu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It is really interesting that, non of the Mathworks
>>>>> worker or system engineers answer to the Intel Mac
>>>>> questions. And I'm sure that, they
>>>>> also don't know why this problem occurs.
>>>>
>>>> One users on this thread had the idea to call Technical
>> Support
>> -
>>>> which is the way I suggest for issues like that.
>>>>
>>>> We found out that his IT provided him a MAC version for
> PPC
>> and
>>> not
>>>> for the Intel Mac which was causing the issue.
>>>>
>>>> Andreas
>>>
>>> I followed Andreas recommendation and I saw the light...!
>>> I sifted through the archive of mathworks technical
support.
> I
>>> found
>>> a solution which lends itself perfectly to my problem (and
>>> hopefully
>>> to yours). The solution is:
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> 1. Open the Terminal Application (usually found in
> Applications
>> or
>>> Utilities).
>>> 2. Type "cd /Users/" and press Enter.
>>> 3. Type "ls" and press Enter. This will list the folders in
> this
>>> directory. One of these folders relates to your username.
>>> 4. Type "cd <enter you username directory here>",
then
>> press
>>> Enter.
>>> 5. From this directory you will need to remove your
> preferences
>>> directory by typing the command "rm -rf .matlab/"
>>> 6. Start MATLAB again once this folder's contents have been
>>> removed.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> As far as I understand the matlab preferences are stored
into
> a
>>> hidden file called .matlab which resides outside the main
> matlab
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> For some reason this .matlab file could not be updated
> properly
>>> when
>>> I switched from 2007 beta to 2007a version. So it had to be
>> deleted
>>> and be recreated by starting matlab program again.
>>>
>>> Panagiotis
>>
>> These steps don't solve my problem, although I can use Matlab
7.4
>> on
>> different user

OK, this solution works quite well, thanks a lot.

So I have another question, I also created another user which is
Standard Type. Although it is "Standart" Matlab74 starts when I click
on the icon.

But my primary account, which is a "Admin" account has the problem of
starting Matlab74, when I click on the icon.

Do you know why?

How to update X11 1.1.1 to 1.1.3? I am actually not allowed to
install the 1.1.3 update, because the system tells me that I do not
need this update!
 
I have tried all of the other suggestions on this thread and nothing
seems to work. The matlab icon bounces a few times, X11 starts up and
nothing more happens. I have the following versions:
MacOSX: 10.4.9
Java: 1.5.0_07
X11: 1.1.1

Furthermore, I've noted that the license manager scripts do not seem
to be installed, at least not in their usual location (MATLAB74/etc),
and in fact I never got an option to "customize" the license manager
when I installed from the Matlab DVD. Not even if I follow the
instructions in the installation guide, that is: insert installation
disc -> paste license info -> deselect all items from install
list -> do I get the license manager window.

Any good ideas would be very helpful!!
Thanks!

bjorn nielsen wrote:
>
>
> How to update X11 1.1.1 to 1.1.3? I am actually not allowed to
> install the 1.1.3 update, because the system tells me that I do not
> need this update!
>
> I have tried all of the other suggestions on this thread and
> nothing
> seems to work. The matlab icon bounces a few times, X11 starts up
> and
> nothing more happens. I have the following versions:
> MacOSX: 10.4.9
> Java: 1.5.0_07
> X11: 1.1.1
>
> Furthermore, I've noted that the license manager scripts do not
> seem
> to be installed, at least not in their usual location
> (MATLAB74/etc),
> and in fact I never got an option to "customize" the license
> manager
> when I installed from the Matlab DVD. Not even if I follow the
> instructions in the installation guide, that is: insert
> installation
> disc -> paste license info -> deselect all items from install
> list -> do I get the license manager window.
>
> Any good ideas would be very helpful!!
> Thanks!

Hey guys, I had the same problem as you, to solve that I was
following the directions mentioned at the end. Finally it works!!!
I wanted to say thank you because I had no idea on how solving this
problem.

Saludos

Ok... problem solved.
I reinstalled X11 from the MacOSX installation disk (still version
1.1.1), and then reinstalled Matlab 2007a and now everything seems to
work just fine!

Thanks for the tips.

 bjorn nielsen wrote:
>
>
> How to update X11 1.1.1 to 1.1.3? I am actually not allowed to
> install the 1.1.3 update, because the system tells me that I do not
> need this update!
>
> I have tried all of the other suggestions on this thread and
> nothing
> seems to work. The matlab icon bounces a few times, X11 starts up
> and
> nothing more happens. I have the following versions:
> MacOSX: 10.4.9
> Java: 1.5.0_07
> X11: 1.1.1
>
> Furthermore, I've noted that the license manager scripts do not
> seem
> to be installed, at least not in their usual location
> (MATLAB74/etc),
> and in fact I never got an option to "customize" the license
> manager
> when I installed from the Matlab DVD. Not even if I follow the
> instructions in the installation guide, that is: insert
> installation
> disc -> paste license info -> deselect all items from install
> list -> do I get the license manager window.
>
> Any good ideas would be very helpful!!
> Thanks!

I had the same problem of all of you and Panagiotis' tip was the key
for me. Now I have just to solve the little problem that I can not
launch the MATLAB in the desktop but this seems to be much easier.

Thanks for such a nice and useful discussion
Best regards,
Jesús
 bjorn nielsen wrote:
>
>
> Ok... problem solved.
> I reinstalled X11 from the MacOSX installation disk (still version
> 1.1.1), and then reinstalled Matlab 2007a and now everything seems
> to
> work just fine!
>
> Thanks for the tips.
>
> bjorn nielsen wrote:
>>
>>
>> How to update X11 1.1.1 to 1.1.3? I am actually not allowed to
>> install the 1.1.3 update, because the system tells me that I do
> not
>> need this update!
>>
>> I have tried all of the other suggestions on this thread and
>> nothing
>> seems to work. The matlab icon bounces a few times, X11 starts
up
>> and
>> nothing more happens. I have the following versions:
>> MacOSX: 10.4.9
>> Java: 1.5.0_07
>> X11: 1.1.1
>>
>> Furthermore, I've noted that the license manager scripts do not
>> seem
>> to be installed, at least not in their usual location
>> (MATLAB74/etc),
>> and in fact I never got an option to "customize" the license
>> manager
>> when I installed from the Matlab DVD. Not even if I follow the
>> instructions in the installation guide, that is: insert
>> installation
>> disc -> paste license info -> deselect all items from
> install
>> list -> do I get the license manager window.
>>
>> Any good ideas would be very helpful!!
>> Thanks!

Hi,

It seems everybody got the right answer.
I have tried all the tips, but they didn't work yet.
I have the lastest versions:
MacOSX: 10.4.9
Java: 1.5.0_07
X11: 1.1.3

In my case, the console says:
 
Java for ppc cannot run in this configuration.
Please consult documentation.

My macbook is Intel Core 2 Duo. So maybe it's the reason.
But I still do not know how to fix that, since I did update Jave for
Mac OSX10.4 release 5.

Anybody can help me on that?

Jesús Vicente wrote:
>
>
> I had the same problem of all of you and Panagiotis' tip was the
> key
> for me. Now I have just to solve the little problem that I can not
> launch the MATLAB in the desktop but this seems to be much easier.
>
>
> Thanks for such a nice and useful discussion
> Best regards,
> Jesús
> bjorn nielsen wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ok... problem solved.
>> I reinstalled X11 from the MacOSX installation disk (still
> version
>> 1.1.1), and then reinstalled Matlab 2007a and now everything
> seems
>> to
>> work just fine!
>>
>> Thanks for the tips.
>>
>> bjorn nielsen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> How to update X11 1.1.1 to 1.1.3? I am actually not allowed
> to
>>> install the 1.1.3 update, because the system tells me that
I
> do
>> not
>>> need this update!
>>>
>>> I have tried all of the other suggestions on this thread
and
>>> nothing
>>> seems to work. The matlab icon bounces a few times, X11
> starts
> up
>>> and
>>> nothing more happens. I have the following versions:
>>> MacOSX: 10.4.9
>>> Java: 1.5.0_07
>>> X11: 1.1.1
>>>
>>> Furthermore, I've noted that the license manager scripts do
> not
>>> seem
>>> to be installed, at least not in their usual location
>>> (MATLAB74/etc),
>>> and in fact I never got an option to "customize" the
license
>>> manager
>>> when I installed from the Matlab DVD. Not even if I follow
> the
>>> instructions in the installation guide, that is: insert
>>> installation
>>> disc -> paste license info -> deselect all items from
>> install
>>> list -> do I get the license manager window.
>>>
>>> Any good ideas would be very helpful!!
>>> Thanks!

In my case I had problems with the java application of MATLAB, that
is, all the nice interface (like Ying)... but MATLAB was running in
the terminal and I could launch figures.

But my case was a little different, I was trying with MATLAB 7.3 and,
after a while, I realized that it is said in the box that it will not
work for intel mac.

I update to MATLAB 7.4 and everything seems to work now.

Best regards,
Jesús
 Ying Li wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> It seems everybody got the right answer.
> I have tried all the tips, but they didn't work yet.
> I have the lastest versions:
> MacOSX: 10.4.9
> Java: 1.5.0_07
> X11: 1.1.3
>
> In my case, the console says:
>
> Java for ppc cannot run in this configuration.
> Please consult documentation.
>
> My macbook is Intel Core 2 Duo. So maybe it's the reason.
> But I still do not know how to fix that, since I did update Jave
> for
> Mac OSX10.4 release 5.
>
> Anybody can help me on that?
>
> Jesús Vicente wrote:
>>
>>
>> I had the same problem of all of you and Panagiotis' tip was
the
>> key
>> for me. Now I have just to solve the little problem that I can
> not
>> launch the MATLAB in the desktop but this seems to be much
> easier.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for such a nice and useful discussion
>> Best regards,
>> Jesús
>> bjorn nielsen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok... problem solved.
>>> I reinstalled X11 from the MacOSX installation disk (still
>> version
>>> 1.1.1), and then reinstalled Matlab 2007a and now
everything
>> seems
>>> to
>>> work just fine!
>>>
>>> Thanks for the tips.
>>>
>>> bjorn nielsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to update X11 1.1.1 to 1.1.3? I am actually not
> allowed
>> to
>>>> install the 1.1.3 update, because the system tells me
> that
> I
>> do
>>> not
>>>> need this update!
>>>>
>>>> I have tried all of the other suggestions on this
thread
> and
>>>> nothing
>>>> seems to work. The matlab icon bounces a few times, X11
>> starts
>> up
>>>> and
>>>> nothing more happens. I have the following versions:
>>>> MacOSX: 10.4.9
>>>> Java: 1.5.0_07
>>>> X11: 1.1.1
>>>>
>>>> Furthermore, I've noted that the license manager
scripts
> do
>> not
>>>> seem
>>>> to be installed, at least not in their usual location
>>>> (MATLAB74/etc),
>>>> and in fact I never got an option to "customize" the
> license
>>>> manager
>>>> when I installed from the Matlab DVD. Not even if I
> follow
>> the
>>>> instructions in the installation guide, that is: insert
>>>> installation
>>>> disc -> paste license info -> deselect all items
> from
>>> install
>>>> list -> do I get the license manager window.
>>>>
>>>> Any good ideas would be very helpful!!
>>>> Thanks!

I forgot to mention that I was also using MATLAB 7.3.
It looks like I'd better get a newer one.
Thank you Jesus for the information.

 Jesus wrote:
>
>
> In my case I had problems with the java application of MATLAB, that
> is, all the nice interface (like Ying)... but MATLAB was running in
> the terminal and I could launch figures.
>
> But my case was a little different, I was trying with MATLAB 7.3
> and,
> after a while, I realized that it is said in the box that it will
> not
> work for intel mac.
>
> I update to MATLAB 7.4 and everything seems to work now.
>
> Best regards,
> Jesús
> Ying Li wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It seems everybody got the right answer.
>> I have tried all the tips, but they didn't work yet.
>> I have the lastest versions:
>> MacOSX: 10.4.9
>> Java: 1.5.0_07
>> X11: 1.1.3
>>
>> In my case, the console says:
>>
>> Java for ppc cannot run in this configuration.
>> Please consult documentation.
>>
>> My macbook is Intel Core 2 Duo. So maybe it's the reason.
>> But I still do not know how to fix that, since I did update
Jave
>> for
>> Mac OSX10.4 release 5.
>>
>> Anybody can help me on that?
>>
>> Jesús Vicente wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I had the same problem of all of you and Panagiotis' tip
was
> the
>>> key
>>> for me. Now I have just to solve the little problem that I
> can
>> not
>>> launch the MATLAB in the desktop but this seems to be much
>> easier.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for such a nice and useful discussion
>>> Best regards,
>>> Jesús
>>> bjorn nielsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok... problem solved.
>>>> I reinstalled X11 from the MacOSX installation disk
> (still
>>> version
>>>> 1.1.1), and then reinstalled Matlab 2007a and now
> everything
>>> seems
>>>> to
>>>> work just fine!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the tips.
>>>>
>>>> bjorn nielsen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How to update X11 1.1.1 to 1.1.3? I am actually not
>> allowed
>>> to
>>>>> install the 1.1.3 update, because the system tells
me
>> that
>> I
>>> do
>>>> not
>>>>> need this update!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried all of the other suggestions on this
> thread
>> and
>>>>> nothing
>>>>> seems to work. The matlab icon bounces a few times,
> X11
>>> starts
>>> up
>>>>> and
>>>>> nothing more happens. I have the following
versions:
>>>>> MacOSX: 10.4.9
>>>>> Java: 1.5.0_07
>>>>> X11: 1.1.1
>>>>>
>>>>> Furthermore, I've noted that the license manager
> scripts
>> do
>>> not
>>>>> seem
>>>>> to be installed, at least not in their usual
location
>>>>> (MATLAB74/etc),
>>>>> and in fact I never got an option to "customize"
the
>> license
>>>>> manager
>>>>> when I installed from the Matlab DVD. Not even if I
>> follow
>>> the
>>>>> instructions in the installation guide, that is:
> insert
>>>>> installation
>>>>> disc -> paste license info -> deselect all
> items
>> from
>>>> install
>>>>> list -> do I get the license manager window.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any good ideas would be very helpful!!
>>>>> Thanks!

I had problem with launching matalb. I think i found why maltab didnt
load with my account... in my system pref international settings were
changed... so i made english in internetional pref panel to take
place in first place and matlab launched perfectly with no error..

So if you have troble with starting matlab check if in system
preferences>International .. Languages has English in first
place...if not drag it to the top and when log out and login.it
helped me

Vytautas wrote:
>
>
> I had problem with launching matalb. I think i found why maltab
> didnt
> load with my account... in my system pref international settings
> were
> changed... so i made english in internetional pref panel to take
> place in first place and matlab launched perfectly with no error..
>
> So if you have troble with starting matlab check if in system
> preferences>International .. Languages has English in first
> place...if not drag it to the top and when log out and login.it
> helped me
  

You know, all of these solutions seem to be pointing to the same
thing. These solutions seem similiar:
a) creating a new user (admin or standard) and installing MATLAB
2007a into it, then running it
b) starting MATLAB 2007a from the root user
c) deleting the ~/.matlab directory or some other directory of
preferences, then installing MATLAB 2007a and running it

Why do I say these sound similiar? It would appear that there are
some preferences (or some .plist file) being set somewhere which
either:
a) gets created for a new user
b) gets overwritten as the root user
c) gets recreated for the current user if they don't exist but
should.

I've tried moving my ~/.matlab directory with no success, so my guess
is that it's a preference file somewhere else...

>
>
> Hi all.
>
> I own a MACBook Intel core duo and today I installed Matlab 7.4
> 2007a
>
> for intel Mac. Unfortunately I clicked on the Matlab icon and after
> a
>
> few seconds of bounching, Matlab's loading stopped.
>
> Does anyone know a remedy for this problem.
>
> barthol
  

As of 5/19/2007 this thread about problems loading MATLAB 2007a on
macs is second in the list in google when you type in 'matlab 2007a'.
  This might make people at the Mathworks (arguably, good folks)
really keen to get this problem figured out..!

I had this problem for R2007b, and found a bug in the launch_matlab.sh file
in /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/MATLAB R2007b/Contents .

FIX:
The line which reads:

    export DISPLAY = `ps auxww | grep $USER | egrep
'(Xauthority|/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 .*:[0-
9]+$)' | grep -v grep | sed 's/^.*\(:[0-9][0-9]*\)$/\1/'`

should actually read

    export DISPLAY=`ps auxww | grep $USER | egrep
'(Xauthority|/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 .*:[0-
9]+$)' | grep -v grep | sed 's/^.*\(:[0-9][0-9]*\)$/\1/'`

In other words, remove the spaces to the left and right of the equals sign.

DIAGNOSIS:
The error messages in Console which indicate you are having this problem
are:

Contents/launch_matlab.sh: line 33: export: `=': not a valid identifier
Contents/launch_matlab.sh: line 33: export: `:1': not a valid identifier

EXPLANATION:
This code tries to determine what the DISPLAY value is in order to connect
with the now running X11 server. If it fails to work, the script defaults to
:0.0, which works much of the time. But, for some users, the right value is
:1.0, and the bug is revealed.

You can determine which value of DISPLAY is needed by starting your X11 and
typing into the xterm which results "echo $DISPLAY".

Good luck!