Problem with Matlab 2011a in Ubuntu 11.04

Dear all

Recently I have install Matlab 2011a on ubuntu 11.04. Unfortunately, I could not “*Bold*” the axes values, xlabel and title. Moreover, I used “*plot tool*” and it dose not work. The appearance(Icon such as file, edit, etc) of new model in Simulink is similar to first versions of Matlab. Thanks so much ahead for helpful solution.

Ayoub

Answer 1

[Daniel Shub]

This might be related to: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1238-font-size-changes-in-figures

On Arch I needed to install the xorg-fonts* packages. In Ubuntu they are called xfonts-scalable, xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-75dpi. Prior to Natty, they were required for xorg, in Natty and Oneiric they are only suggested.

Answer 2

[Ayoub]

Thanks Daniel for your respond. I reinstall xorg and install it again according to following steps but it dose not work.

1)sudo su

2)apt-get purge xserver-xorg

3)apt-get install xserver-xorg

4)dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

5)apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

from : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1605221

Do you know how to install xorg-fonts* packages?

[Daniel Shub]

This should be a comment on my answer and not an answer. See my edit ...

Answer 3

[andrew paul]

Dear ayoub.

The link u provided is with error message number different from the one u got. The error message 15 indicates that the license manager is not running or that ur machine couldn't communicate with the server machine which runs the license manager. Try to ping the license manager machine using the command "ping machine hostname" in a terminal. If u received an error, then u have a networking issue that prevents from contacting the license manager server. Also make sure that the SERVER line in the license.dat file on both the client and server r the same. Again, a firewall between the client and server may cause this problem. I hope you will solve your problem, for more answer visit,

http://www.techyv.com/questions/matlab-installation-error-ubuntu-1104

thanks.

Answer 4

[Ilja]

Just letting know that on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Matlab R2012a I encountered same kind font errors (eg. changeing fontnames failed, \Delta and some special characterslike 'ö' and ' failed to plot correctly, etc ...)

Probbably the solution from Ayub also works, but since it threw me with errors i used the dumb way :)

1. open 'Ubuntu Software Center'

2. Search + install '75 dpi fonts for X' and '100 dpi fonts for X'

Hopefully it saves someones time ^^

[Daniel Shub]

And yet neither the question nor my answer get an upvote :(