crashes with matlab

[samuel verstraete]

i'm a matlab user myself and i never had any crashes with matlab and Xfce...

On 11/21/06, Auke Kok <sofar at foo-projects.org> wrote:
> Ed Hill wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I've been using Xfce for more than a year (or is it 2+ years -- have
> > lost track!) and I'm very happy with it.  I'd like to earnestly thank
> > all of the Xfce developers for sharing this very cool and useful tool!
> >
> > So I've encountered a serious [for me, anyway! :-)] problem over the
> > last ~6 months.  I've been using the Xfce RPMs provided as part of
> > Fedora Extras for both FC5 and now FC6.  When running MatLAB, I
> > frequently get crashes that kill my entire X server/session.  When
> > running Xfce, these crashes happen every few times that plots are
> > created, re-sized, or closed.  I should note that MatLAB renders each
> > plot within a separate window.
> >
> > I have never had these crashes with Gnome.  So, in order to use MatLAB,
> > I have either temporarily switched over to a Gnome session or have run
> > MatLAB on another system or within a realvnc session on the same system.
> >
> > I understand that MatLAB is a commercial product and it would be
> > ridiculous (outrageously expensive) for Xfce developers to buy and
> > test with it.  So, is there any way that I can try to figure out what
> > might be causing these crashes?
> >
> > Can someone please suggest a means to perhaps find the root cause(s) so
> > that I can submit detailed bugs to the MatLAB folks and/or elsewhere?
> >
> > Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated !!!
>
> no help, except that until a year ago, when I left my previous employer, I had the exact
> same problems, only with Xfce.
>
> Auke
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