on Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:53:51PM -0800, Ken Bloom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Something in the past few days broke MatLab on my sid box. (Perhaps it was
> something I dist-upgraded - anybody have any ideas?)
> 
> Previously, whatever way I wanted to launch matlab it behaved the same.
> 
> Now, if I try to launch MatLab from the Enlightement Menu or from XRun
> run from the Enlightenment Menu, or from AcidLaunch (which is started
> directly by my .xsession), Matlab displays the splash screen, then
> starts up as though it were given the -nodesktop option (as though it
> can interact with a user through my ~/.xsession-errors file)

What's that file have to say?

> If I launch matlab from an xterm (no matter how that Xterm was launched)
> matlab will start up with the full graphical desktop.
> 
> Any ideas? (I already tried reinstalling Matlab)

Try launching it with 'strace', in both modes, logging output.  Examine
for errors.  Post relevant portion of log if you have further questions.


Peace.

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