[Aces-support] Re: matlab display

[Constantinos Evangelinos]

On Thu 07 Feb 2008, Jason Bragg wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having some trouble opening a matlab display.
> My session was as follows:
>
>  ssh -X jbragg at geo.acesgrid.org
>  qsub -I
>
> [then from compute node]
>
>  module add matlab
>  matlab &
>
> This results in:
> Warning: Unable to open display , MATLAB is starting without a display.
>   You will not be able to display graphics on the screen.

That is because the interactive session does not have a DISPLAY set. The way 
to do this is explained in item 10 in the ACES FAQ 
http://acesgrid.org/faq.html. Essentially you need to ssh directly to the 
node that PBS gave you using SSH.

Constantinos
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Dr. Constantinos Evangelinos
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology