MATLAB GUI displays black with XQuartz
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I am running MATLAB R2021a from a remote Linux server. I am able to bring up the GUI on my local macbook running macOS 12.1 using XQuartz and ssh, but the GUI usually displays black where the white usually is. Sometimes the window displays in the right color, (white) but only for a few seconds, then reverts back to the black. When it's black, I can still see the GUI, it's just very hard to read.
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Andrew
on 8 Mar 2023
I'm having the same issue with two M1 Macs, both with OSVentura. Connecting to a Centos7 remote system with the latest XQuartz. The MATLAB (R2022a) GUI has a black background that makes it unusable. If I have dual monitors the window becomes normal when I move the cursor to the monitor that does not have the MATLAB GUI.
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Sudhansu Sekhar
on 13 Mar 2023
create a file "java.opts" in the home folder
mention the following inside that file
-Dsun.java2d.xrender=false
-Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false
Restart matlab from home .
Check if it solves the issue.
I solved the same like this.
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DavidePiccinini
on 2 Feb 2023
Similar issue for me R2020b running on Ubuntu Linux remote system. Client is MacOS 13.1 with XQuartz 2.8.5 (xorg-server 21.1.6).
The window become "normal" when I type on the keyboard in other programs (like I'm doing right now in Chrome), and turns black when I move the mouse.
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