Matlab 2015b on Ubuntu 14.04 error Resolving Low-Level Graphics Issues

Hi, I got this error in matlab. I am not able to see the figures. There is a problem with OpenGL I guess, I tried the options in http://nl.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/resolving-low-level-graphics-issues.html but it didn't work.

MATLAB has experienced a low-level graphics error, and may not have drawn correctly. Read about what you can do to prevent this issue at Resolving Low-Level Graphics Issues then restart MATLAB. To share details of this issue with MathWorks technical support, please include this file with your service request. I attached the file (jogl.ex.22205.txt) that the error message refers to.

I also tried this command opengl('data') and this is the output

                          Version: ''
                           Vendor: ''
                         Renderer: 'None'
            RendererDriverVersion: ''
        RendererDriverReleaseDate: ''
                   MaxTextureSize: 0
                           Visual: ''
                         Software: 1
             HardwareSupportLevel: 'none'
        SupportsGraphicsSmoothing: 0
    SupportsDepthPeelTransparency: 0
       SupportsAlignVertexCenters: 0
                       Extensions: {}
               MaxFrameBufferSize: 0

Answer 1

[Willi Mutschler]

Hi,

I am on Ubuntu 20.04 beta and running the nvidia on-demand prime profile, and get the same error. I can solve this (see the Archwiki) by starting matlab from terminal:

export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965; matlab

Or (additionaly) you can change the EXEC in /usr/share/applications/matlab.desktop to:

Exec=env MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965 matlab -desktop

[Gokulakrishnan Shankar]

Thank you, this worked for me. I was unable to use the live editor too. But after I did this, it started working.

[ismail bilgen]

In my case, it failed to draw the plot with the error of "Resolving Low-Level Graphics Issues". Using Matlab 2022 in Linux 20.04. This solved the issue. Thanks.

Answer 2

[Willi Mutschler]

I also ran into this issue on my Dell XPS 13 9360 which neither has a NVIDIA or AMD card, but an on-board intel graphics card.

I filed a bug report with MATHWORKS and they proposed two solutions:

1. Create a file with the name 'java.opts' in the directory where MATLAB is executed (for me this is in '/usr/local/MATLAB/R2020a/bin/glnxa64') with the following line: -Djogl.disable.openglarbcontext=1
2. If this does not work, then the above solution using export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965 is working.

For me both solve my issue.

[Robert]

Thanks, this worked for me on my Dell Latitude 7430 (0B0B) with Intel Graphics ADL GT2 running Ubuntu

Answer 3

[Adam Johnson]

Has there been any answer for this at all?