From John Weber, Tue Sep 26 10:43:38 2006 Subject: TicketID#20060925102027
This is a known bug, please see:
From Anthony Martinez, Tue May 3 18:26:04 2005.
matlab likes to fail to exit in such a way that it blocks on IO but sucks all the CPU. If the STAT code for ps is not R (for running), it's probably D which is I/O blocked, and if it is then you should feel free to kill it, since it's not actually doing anything.
From Michael Martinez, Fri Feb 25 11:15:23 2005
If the license manager won't allow matlab to run again please run the following command and send me the output in a ticket.
(on rainbow): /usr/bin/matlab-R-14/etc/lmstat -a
From Michael Martinez, Tue Oct 26 09:08:02 2004
Not all computers have matlab installed. It is not part of the Linux distribution. A list of computers with matlab is provided below.
aspen bagend basil bobcat buckeye cheetah couger cypress euler gauss genius hammerkop.nmt.edu hydra jaguar leopard library208-1-2 library208-2-1 library208-2-2 library208-3-1 library208-3-2 library208-inst margay meinzer.nmt.edu msec187-1-1 msec187-1-2 msec187-2-1 msec187-2-4 msec187-inst ocelot oncila panther pear rainbow rammstein rison-laptop sac-1-2 sauron serval speare116-1-3 speare116-2-3 speare116-2-4 speare116-2-5 speare116-3-2 speare116-3-4 speare116-3-5 speare116-3-6 speare116-4-3 speare116-4-4 speare15-1-10 speare15-1-12 speare15-1-13 speare15-1-14 speare15-1-5 speare15-1-9 speare4a-2-3 speare4a-2-4 speare4a-2-6 speare4a-3-7 speare4b-2-1 speare4b-2-2 speare4b-2-3 speare4b-2-4 speare4b-3-1 speare4b-3-4 speare4b-3-5 speare4b-3-6 speare4b-3-7 speare5-1-10.nmt.edu speare5-1-15 speare5-1-2 speare5-1-3 speare5-1-4 speare5-1-6 speare9-1-10 speare9-1-11 speare9-1-14 speare9-1-6 speare9-1-9 weir128-1-1 weir128-1-3 weir128-1-4 weir128-1-5 weir128-2-2 weir128-2-3 weir128-2-4 weir128-3-2 weir128-3-3 weir128-3-4 weir128-3-6 weir209-1-1 weir209-1-2 weir209-1-3 weir209-1-4 weir209-1-5 weir209-2-1 weir209-2-2 weir209-2-3 weir209-2-4 weir209-2-5 weir209-2-6 weir209-3-2 weir209-3-3 weir209-3-4 weir209-3-5 weir209-3-6
From Bryan, Thu Oct 7 12:52:09 2004
Currently I am in the process of tracing down why Matlab sometimes gives printouts with dark backgrounds that make the page unreadable. Several ES-110 students are having the problem, but a print to win2pdf is a "quick fix", I'm looking for a better solution.
From K. Scott, Tue Sep 18 16:32:06 2001
Subject: Re: Case ID: 625340 Matlab-6 and McAfee-4.51 conflict when printing
Currently the only known workaround is to use the PRINT command from the MATLAB command line, which avoids the print dialog box. Please type "doc print" for more information. To print the command window contents, you can copy and paste it into a text editor and print it from there.
Written by Valerie Henson
I threw this together in an hour due to urgent demand, so forgive any errors!
Running a Script file
To run the commands in a file, first make sure that the filename has a
".m" at the end of it. Then, in the window running Matlab,
type the name of your file without the .m. So if your
file is named thing.m, you would type thing.
VERY IMPORTANT. This will not work unless your file is in a certain place. Read the next section to find out where this place is.
Search Paths
The search path is where Matlab looks to find a script file. In Linux
it looks in /u/username/matlab, where username is your
username. So, if you don't have a directory named matlab, type
mkdir matlab.
Put all of your Matlab files in here, and you will be able to run them.
Changing the search path
Say you have a directory named oldstuff or something, and you
want to run the Matlab files in that directory without moving them all
to the matlab directory or to the desktop. For Linux, in the Matlab
window type path(path,'/u/username/oldstuff'). In MS Windows,
type path(path,'U:\oldstuff').
If you want it to look in your matlab directory, type
path(path,'U:\matlab').
Writing a Script file
On Linux
Use whatever text editor you are used to. emacs is very versatile and convenient, but takes a while to learn. pico is very simple and similar to pine. Make sure you save your file in your matlab directory.
In MS Windows
Click on File (in the Matlab window) and go to New, select M-file. An editor will pop up and you can write your program in it. It will save your file in the default location. Don't use Notepad!!! It saves all files with a ".txt" on the end, which is NOT a ".m".
Printing a Graph
On Linux
In Matlab, if you just type print it will print whatever graph
is currently displayed, but it will print it to our default printer
(speare5). The best way to do it is to type print -ps
name.ps where name is any name you choose. Just make sure
you put the ".ps" on the end. Then go to an xterm, make sure you are in
your main directory (type "cd" if you are not sure) and type, IF YOU'RE
IN sPEARE 116, lpr -Pspeare116 -h name.ps.
This will print the graph currently displayed to the printer in Speare 116. The "-h" part tells it not to print a header page. If you want a header pages, leave it out. If you want to print it to a different printer, replace "speare116" with the name of the room the printer is in, like "speare4a" or "weir209".
In ms Windows
The graph will have a toolbar at the top. Click on File and go to print. Make sure the right printer is selected (or you may print to a printer in another building!) and then click OK.
The Most Frequently Asked Question
Q: I can see a file I wrote named "thing.m" on my desktop, but when I type "thing" in matlab, it can't find it!
A: If you wrote the file in Notepad, it has a ".txt" on the end
of it no matter what you told Notepad to save it as. It's actually
named thing.m.txt, but you can't see the ".txt" because
ms Windows hides some file extensions by default. To fix this, open a
DOS window and type move thing.m.txt thing.m.
To turn off hiding file extensions, double click on "My Computer". On the tool bar, click View and go to Options. In Options, click on the tab called View and unselect the option that says "Hide file extensions...".
Question:
On Apr 9, 1:56pm, James Robnett wrote
Do any of you have any experience with matlab, in particular printing
color graphs?
Answer:
From Kscott, Tue Apr 9 14:04:45 1996
yup, done it several times.
/u/kscott/class/engl341/proposal/performance.m is a simple example.
Once your plot is up, type print -dpsc <joerandomfilename>
and you should have a color postscript file.