Random Problems opening Matlab (Java based GUI)

[forfan forfan]

Yeah! 
I got the same problem, but never thinked that it is an xfce problem.
In fact, in KDE matlab works well in my computer before. 



On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:20:54 +0100, Xavier Otazu <xotazu at cvc.uab.es> wrote:
> 
> 
>         Hi!
> 
>         This is a problem I suffered with xfce 4.0, but it reamins in xfce 4.2
> 
>         When I try to open Matlab 7.0 R14, it randomly hungs.
> 
>         If I start xfce session and immmdiately tries to open Matlab, it starts without
> problem. Sometimes, after opening some other programs (for example, nedit), I
> cannot open Matlab because it hungs just after splash screen, and workspace
> window does not appear (I try to start it without splash screen, but workspace
> never appears). I cannot kill Matlab process with Ctrl+C on the terminal I
> opened Matlab, but I have to explicitly kill the PID. The only way to solve this
> problem, is to close xfce session and restart it.
> 
>         This problem never appeared on KDE. In fact, when this problem appear on xfce,
> I open a parallel KDE session, and Matlab works properly on KDE but not on XFCE.
> 
>         I think it is a xfce (i.e. xfwm or other daemon) problem. Matlab GUI is
> coded in Java.
> 
> cheers!
> 
> Xavier
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