Java Error while launching MATLAB in GUI mode under CentOS 7:

java.lang.RuntimeException: cannot load system cursor: CopyDrop.32x32
        at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.lazilyLoadDesktopProperty(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.Toolkit.getDesktopProperty(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.dnd.DragSource.load(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.dnd.DragSource.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
        at com.mathworks.mlwidgets.workspace.WorkspaceDnDListener.<init>(WorkspaceDnDListener.java:54)
        at com.mathworks.mlwidgets.workspace.WorkspaceTable.<init>(WorkspaceTable.java:115)
        at com.mathworks.mlwidgets.workspace.WorkspaceTable.<init>(WorkspaceTable.java:82)
        at com.mathworks.mde.workspace.WorkspaceBrowser.<init>(WorkspaceBrowser.java:158)
        at com.mathworks.mde.workspace.WorkspaceBrowser.getInstance(WorkspaceBrowser.java:87)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTClient.createComponent(DTClient.java:305)
        at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.Desktop.createClientComponent(Desktop.java:6059)
        at com.mathworks.mde.desk.MLDesktop.createClientComponent(MLDesktop.java:992)
        at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.Desktop.createClientComponentWrapper(Desktop.java:6073)
        at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.Desktop.setClientShowing(Desktop.java:6766)
        at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.Desktop.setClientShowing(Desktop.java:6753)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.Desktop$DeferredFacadeProxy$1.run(Desktop.java:8141)
        at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.awt.AWTException: Exception: class java.lang.IllegalArgumentException Width (0) and height (0) must be non-zero occurred while creating cursor CopyDrop.32x32
        at java.awt.Cursor.getSystemCustomCursor(Unknown Source)
        ... 38 more

[aaron tanenbaum]

What version of Matlab were you using?