MATLAB: Does MATLAB either crash or not initialize when running on an SSH connection

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I am running MATLAB 7.1 (R14SP3) in an SSH connection. I am working on a Sun workstation and using SSH to connect to a Redhat Linux machine (from a machine on Intel to a machine on a Sparc processor)
When using MATLAB, the SSH connection crashes and produces the following java crash file:
 cat java.log.29129
 X connection to localhost:12.0 host broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)

Best Answer

Using GLX (the OpenGL extension to the Xwindow) from Intel chips to Sparc chips is not recommended.
Some customers have found it helpful to use the software version of OpenGL, by typing
 opengl software
at the MATLAB command prompt.
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