Chebyshev Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Anyone running MATLAB on osx86? I've got the installer, but when trying to install, it screws up at the license file part. When trying to run lm_matlab to get a license, it says it can't find the ethernet device. When I try to run lm_matlab myself in terminal I get "Bus error"... Anyone got MATLAB working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBMarcos Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Ill try it out as soon as my torrent and instalation completes Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-17497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chebyshev Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 Update: got it installed, but it won't give me the nice GUI because it whines about Java not being available... working on that now. Error when starting Matlab in xterm: Java for ppc cannot run in this configuration. Please consult documentation. Warning: Failed to start the Java Virtual machine - JNI error: -1. Warning: Disabling Java support. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-17512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chebyshev Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 Looks like we're boned when it comes to the java interface: JNI Libraries. JNI libraries built for PowerPC-based Macintosh computers are not loaded under Rosetta because the Java Virtual Machine has already launched without Rosetta. Java applications fail on Intel-based Macs when trying to load PowerPC-only binaries. taken from http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2005/qa1295.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-17525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLATINA Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Hi chebyshev I installed MATLAB 7.0.4 for Macintosh, and it was installed nicely, but would not run. I read the crash dump message, and it said that it has the "Bus error" and Java Virtual Machine is not enabled. And the program is just terminated...leaving only the X11 window. How did you get it work, although you don't have the nice GUI? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-19750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBMarcos Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I gave up before trying. I will simply boot into Windows to use Matlab and Mathematica. Thanks though for the info. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-19781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
archi386 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 you can run MATLAB without Java by giving it the "-nojvm flag". Start up X11.app and then in xterm type: $ /Applications/MATLAB704/bin/matlab -nojvm replace /Applications/MATLAB704 with whatever the name of the install location is for you. no nice GUI, but it is bloated and laggy anyhow Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-21012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpvl66 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 I tried to install matlab last night and had some odd problem: lmhostid does not work for me, i.e., it returns error -29 (cannot find ethernet device). I even tried upgrading to a newer version of lmutil from macrovision.com and still have the same problem. I have a license file that was issued with my nic's mac (which is what hostid should be) so this should not be an issue. Has anyone else experienced this? (And knows how to solve the problem?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-22398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpvl66 Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 I am still trying to install matlab 7.1 and have this problem: lmgrd reports that Vendor daemon died with status 0. I am using the same license file that works fine on my mac mini, but not on the x86 machine. This is very frustrating! Has anyone been able to successfully install 7.1 on an x86? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-25884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
illmatixx Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I tried to install matlab last night and had some odd problem: lmhostid does not work for me, i.e., it returns error -29 (cannot find ethernet device). I even tried upgrading to a newer version of lmutil from macrovision.com and still have the same problem. I have a license file that was issued with my nic's mac (which is what hostid should be) so this should not be an issue. Has anyone else experienced this? (And knows how to solve the problem?) I got the same prob here: ifconfig returns the macaddress but lmhostid cant find it. trying to install maya 7 on OSx86 10.4.3 JAS patched. Anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-48754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfn Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I use Matlab extensively, normally on Windows. Recently, since I'm on a University campus, I switched to using a remote Matlab session through ssh while still using the Matlab editor. So under OS X I can use the remote Matlab too (much faster than my machine!)... but without the editor, I've moved to Xcode. I wrote a .pbfilespec, .pblangspec, and a comment/uncomment script for Xcode to support Matlab syntax, so it's got most of the features of the old Matlab editor now. And I use X11 forwarding when necessary to plot results, which works fine. I know that's not helpful to anyone trying to use the full Matlab GUI in OS X. But my point is that I'm someone who was heavily dependent on the GUI before, and I do fine without it now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-48816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfn Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 (someone requested) I attached my Xcode specification files for MATLAB, as well as a revised version of the comment/uncomment script that handles MATLAB comments. matlab_xcode.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-57064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
msingh Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 (someone requested) I attached my Xcode specification files for MATLAB, as well as a revised version of the comment/uncomment script that handles MATLAB comments. I can install and run Matlab R2008B on iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5 fine, but it crashes with a bus error as soon as I try to do a simple matrix multiplication. I have tried this both with Java and without. I have the latest X11 Xquartz installed (on top of the X11 that came installed with iDeneb), not that it matters for the matrix multiplication. How do I use the xcode spec above ? Since your post is more than 2 years old, I was wondering if any progress has been made on this. Matlab is the last piece of the puzzle for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-1013478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamk0 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hello, I had similar problems running Matlab - I was getting 'Bus error' each time i tried to run it. As for now, the only solution that works for me is running Matlab without with '-nodisplay' option. So basically you can run Matlab typing in your terminal: /Applications/MATLAB_R2008a/bin/matlab -nodisplay Of course you get no GUI, but better something than nothing. You can also try to disable java adding -nojvm flag to your command, but from my experience it is not a matter of Java but just X11. You can also try to open 'Start MATLAB Settings', select 'Terminal' and put '-nodisplay' in the Run command box. I hope it helps, at least partially. Adam Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2748-matlab/#findComment-1120853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts