Matlab - Matlab will not launch, Intel Mac + Leopard

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Matlab will not launch, Intel Mac + Leopard

Steve Smith

2008-01-15, 7:31 pm

Just loaded R2007b on Intel dual Mac running Leopard and it
will not launch. Icon pops up (w/ X11) & bounces. After 10
sec or so both stop bouncing but that's it. X11 is vers
1.1.3. Java is ver 1.5

Thanks,
Steve

Dave Shook

2008-01-15, 7:31 pm

Steve Smith

2008-01-16, 7:23 pm

"Steve Smith" <azalfalf@ag.arizona.edu> wrote in message
<fmjb5d$ael$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Just loaded R2007b on Intel dual Mac running Leopard and it
> will not launch. Icon pops up (w/ X11) & bounces. After 10
> sec or so both stop bouncing but that's it. X11 is vers
> 1.1.3. Java is ver 1.5
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

Installed X11 vers 2.0.1 and now Matlab quits directly upon
opening yielding the following error report:

Process: MATLAB [129]
Path:
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/MATLAB
Identifier: com.mathworks.matlab
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [64]

Date/Time: 2008-01-16 14:10:43.422 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B18)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib
Referenced from:
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/libmwmpath.dylib
Reason: image not found

Thanks,
Steve

Brian Arnold

2008-01-17, 7:25 pm

Hi,

That sounds like an incomplete install of MATLAB. Try removing MATLAB
and re-installing.

Brian

Steve Smith wrote:
> "Steve Smith" <azalfalf@ag.arizona.edu> wrote in message
> <fmjb5d$ael$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>
> Installed X11 vers 2.0.1 and now Matlab quits directly upon
> opening yielding the following error report:
>
> Process: MATLAB [129]
> Path:
> /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/MATLAB
> Identifier: com.mathworks.matlab
> Version: ??? (???)
> Code Type: X86 (Native)
> Parent Process: launchd [64]
>
> Date/Time: 2008-01-16 14:10:43.422 -0700
> OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B18)
> Report Version: 6
>
> Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread: 0
>
> Dyld Error Message:
> Library not loaded: libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib
> Referenced from:
> /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/libmwmpath.dylib
> Reason: image not found
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

jediwhelan@googlemail.com

2008-01-18, 8:23 am

On Jan 17, 5:38=A0pm, Brian Arnold <barn...@mathworks.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
> Hi,
>
> That sounds like an incomplete install of MATLAB. =A0Try removing MATLAB
> and re-installing.
>
> Brian
>
> Steve Smith wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>

I'm having the same problem. My first mac so i'm slightly stumped.

I'm using leopard and i'm on x11 ver 2.0.

I read somewhere that only specific installations of matlab will work
on the new intel based macs?

Steve Smith

2008-01-18, 7:26 pm

Did complete reinstall as Brian suggested and got the same
error report...

"Steve Smith" <azalfalf@ag.arizona.edu> wrote in message
<fmlu0l$o9a$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Steve Smith" <azalfalf@ag.arizona.edu> wrote in message
> <fmjb5d$ael$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>
> Installed X11 vers 2.0.1 and now Matlab quits directly upon
> opening yielding the following error report:
>
> Process: MATLAB [129]
> Path:
>
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/MATLAB
> Identifier: com.mathworks.matlab
> Version: ??? (???)
> Code Type: X86 (Native)
> Parent Process: launchd [64]
>
> Date/Time: 2008-01-16 14:10:43.422 -0700
> OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B18)
> Report Version: 6
>
> Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread: 0
>
> Dyld Error Message:
> Library not loaded: libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib
> Referenced from:
>
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/libmwmpath.dylib
> Reason: image not found
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

Brian Arnold

2008-01-18, 7:27 pm

Hi,

Let's troubleshoot:

- does the bin/maci directory contain a library
libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib? If it does not,
then the MATLAB install is incomplete. If it does,
something may be wrong with the file; continue:
- what does 'file libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib' return?
If it does not return this:
"Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386"
then the file is incomplete. If it does, something else
is causing trouble; continue:
- Is the file size around 70K? (Use ls -l, or Get Info).
If it is significantly smaller, then the file is
incomplete. If it is around 70K, continue:
- what does 'nm libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib' return?
If it does not return a ton of symbols, then the file
is incomplete. If it does, then I'm stumped.

For what it's worth, sometimes incomplete archives will install
"correctly" but still do not produce a valid installation. If this is a
web download, or a copied installer, you may need to re-download the
installer files, or install from the original DVD.

- Brian

Steve Smith wrote:
> Did complete reinstall as Brian suggested and got the same
> error report...
>
>
>
> "Steve Smith" <azalfalf@ag.arizona.edu> wrote in message
> <fmlu0l$o9a$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/MATLAB
> /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/libmwmpath.dylib
>

Peter Rowat

2008-01-18, 7:27 pm

I recently installed Leopard and upgraded to 10.5.1, on
an iMac (2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo), then installed
Matlab R2007b, and Matlab runs just fine.
I had a problem with printing Matlab graphics which was solved
(see other thread on this list).

Are you using 10.5.1?

Steve Smith

2008-01-19, 7:23 pm

Brian Arnold <Brian.Arnold@mathworks.com> wrote in message
<479136FA.3080705@mathworks.com>...
> Hi,
>
> Let's troubleshoot:
>
> - does the bin/maci directory contain a library
> libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib? If it does not,
> then the MATLAB install is incomplete. If it does,
> something may be wrong with the file; continue:
> - what does 'file libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib' return?
> If it does not return this:
> "Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386"
> then the file is incomplete.

libbost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib is there (80 KB) but it does
not return "Mach-O..." I get:

Last login: Sat Jan 19 12:13:05 on console
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib
; exit;
dhcp-80c4af7b:~ stevensmith$
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib
; exit;
-bash:
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib:
cannot execute binary file
logout

[Process completed]

Thanks,
Steve

If it does, something else
> is causing trouble; continue:
> - Is the file size around 70K? (Use ls -l, or Get Info).
> If it is significantly smaller, then the file is
> incomplete. If it is around 70K, continue:
> - what does 'nm libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib' return?
> If it does not return a ton of symbols, then the file
> is incomplete. If it does, then I'm stumped.
>
> For what it's worth, sometimes incomplete archives will
install
> "correctly" but still do not produce a valid installation.
If this is a
> web download, or a copied installer, you may need to
re-download the[color=darkred]
> installer files, or install from the original DVD.
>
> - Brian
>
> Steve Smith wrote:
and it[color=darkred]
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/MATLAB[color=darkred]
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app/Contents/MacOS/libmwmpath.dylib[color=darkred]

Steve Smith

2008-01-19, 7:23 pm

Doug Schwarz

2008-01-19, 7:23 pm

In article <fmtikq$r1l$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
"Steve Smith" <azalfalf@ag.arizona.edu> wrote:

> Brian Arnold <Brian.Arnold@mathworks.com> wrote in message
> <479136FA.3080705@mathworks.com>...
>
>
> libbost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib is there (80 KB) but it does
> not return "Mach-O..." I get:
>
> Last login: Sat Jan 19 12:13:05 on console
> /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib
> ; exit;
> dhcp-80c4af7b:~ stevensmith$
> /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib
> ; exit;
> -bash:
> /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib:
> cannot execute binary file
> logout
>
> [Process completed]
>
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

No no, you don't want to try to execute the file -- it's a library. You
want to run the unix file program with the library as the argument, like
so:

$ cd /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci
$ file libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib
libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib: Mach-O dynamically linked shared
library i386

--
Doug Schwarz
dmschwarz&ieee,org
Make obvious changes to get real email address.

Steve Smith

2008-01-20, 7:26 pm

Brian Arnold <Brian.Arnold@mathworks.com> wrote in message

> Let's troubleshoot:
>
> - does the bin/maci directory contain a library
> libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib? If it does not,
> then the MATLAB install is incomplete. If it does,
> something may be wrong with the file; continue:
> - what does 'file libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib' return?
> If it does not return this:
> "Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386"
> then the file is incomplete. If it does, something else
> is causing trouble;

No problems here. Get that response.

continue:
> - Is the file size around 70K? (Use ls -l, or Get Info).
> If it is significantly smaller, then the file is
> incomplete. If it is around 70K, continue:

It's at 80 KB.

> - what does 'nm libboost_filesystem-1_33_1.dylib' return?
> If it does not return a ton of symbols, then the file
> is incomplete.

I'm a complete novice at using OS X Unix commands, but I'm
getting only "command not found" when I try to get nm ... to
return something.

Is there a chance that X11 is a problem? It's not bouncing
on the dock when I attempt to open matlab..

Steve

dabutcha@gmail.com

2008-01-28, 8:20 pm

Have been experiencing the same problem!

Originally, after double-clicking the Matlab icon, it would start
correctly. Then it doesn't work anymore.
I verified it's a clean & complete install.

It appears to be some kind of search path problem, or related
to launching X11. If I use StartMatlab
(/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/StartMATLAB.app)
it works just fine.

> Brian Arnold <Brian.Arn...@mathworks.com> wrote in message
>
>
> No problems here. Get that response.
>
> continue:
>
>
> It's at 80 KB.
>
>
> I'm a complete novice at using OS X Unix commands, but I'm
> getting only "command not found" when I try to get nm ... to
> =A0return something.
>
> Is there a chance that X11 is a problem? It's not bouncing
> on the dock when I attempt to open matlab..
>
> Steve

dabutcha@gmail.com

2008-01-28, 8:20 pm

On further note:

Did you guys MANUALLY create your Matlab dock icon,
or drag the one in /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app
onto the dock?

When I drag&drop the "Matlab 7.5" icon from
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/MATLAB 7.5,
it resolves to the "StartMatlab" script and everything works fine...

Christian

Justin Owens

2008-01-31, 11:18 pm

I came across this thread tonight while searching for a
solution to the very same problem - brand new Macbook,
10.5.1 preinstalled, brand new installation of Matlab 7.5.
This thread didn't fix the problem (obviously), but I came
across a workaround elsewhere: Open X11 first, then open
the Matlab icon referenced above. It seems to work so far.
Any idea why this is and how to just make it work like it
should?

dabutcha@gmail.com wrote in message
<41eb7dbd-d968-49f4-b547-46a1171088de@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com>...
> On further note:
>
> Did you guys MANUALLY create your Matlab dock icon,
> or drag the one in
/Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/bin/maci/MATLAB.app
> onto the dock?
>
> When I drag&drop the "Matlab 7.5" icon from
> /Applications/MATLAB_R2007b/MATLAB 7.5,
> it resolves to the "StartMatlab" script and everything
works fine...
>
> Christian

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