Can't reload '/usr/loca​l/matlab-r​es.2015b/b​in/glnxa64​/libmwosgs​erver.so'

I use "MatLab" in an old SUN workstation in Linux environment. It is too old to run "MatLab 2015b" and cant not be upgraded. So I use "ssh -XC" to connect to a new Linux server and run "Matlab 2015b". It works normally when I do computation or run a matlab script without plot. However, when I try to generate a figures, it shows error message as:

 Can't reload '/usr/local/matlab-res.2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwosgserver.so'

for example:

>> clear all;
>> x = linspace(0,2*pi,1001);
>> y = sin(x);
>> plot(x,y)
Error using gca
While setting the 'Parent' property of 'Axes':
Can't reload '/usr/local/matlab-res.2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwosgserver.so'

Error in newplot (line 68)
    ax = gca(fig);

I did check the file, "libmwosgserver.so" and it indeed in the fold. What is the problem and how to solve it?

Huang

[Walter Roberson]

Maybe of relevance, perhaps:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102851-why-do-i-get-an-error-message-about-libmwdastudio-so-when-i-try-to-export-my-figure-to-file-using

https://github.com/PCMan/gtk3-nocsd/issues/11

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19268293/matlab-error-cannot-open-with-static-tls

[Werner Pitsch]

I have the same problem with R2016a and R2016b. The hints to the solutions did not help. Funnily enough, the problem does not occur when I start Matlab after having newly installed. But as soon as the Computer has been shut down and restarted, the problem occurs.

[Juan David González Puentes]

I have the same problem in fedora

[RM]

Same problem with fedora 25

[Joseph Corneli]

I had the same problem. I was able to solve it by copying the relevant dynamic library into place.

cp /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/bin/glnxa64

[Ulrich]

Joseph Corneli's solution works for me on Fedora 25. Although it is kind of ugly, since the library will not be affect through updates. But hey, it works for now!

[Let it Flow]

Same for me Fedora 26, it fixes the problem

[Martijn]

While the basic idea of Joseph is correct, make MATLAB use the same libstdc++ version as your system, there is a slightly better option where you actually make MATLAB use your system's libstdc++ itself (which also then addresses Ulrich's comment). See the answer I posted below.

Answer 1

[Martijn]

This issue may be related to a version conflict between system libraries and the libstdc++ version included with MATLAB. You may be able to resolve this issue by making MATLAB use your system's libstdc++ instead of the libstdc++ shipped with MATLAB. While you can accomplish this in the way described by Joseph above, there is a better way:

From a Linux shell (with appropriate permissions to make modifications in your MATLAB installation, i.e. use "sudo" if needed or work with your system administrator):

1. cd into your MATLAB sys/os/glnxa64 directory.

2. Create a new directory named "old":

mkdir old

3. Move libstdc++* into the old directory:

mv libstdc++* old

Now MATLAB no longer can find its own libstdc++ and it will automatically switch to working with your system's libstdc++.

[Con Savas]

Hi,

I have the same issue with MatLab 2016b on a RHEL 7.4 machine. I tried moving libstdc++* to directory old but I now get the following errors when I try to run MatLab

MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE OPENGL rendering. /usr/local/MATLAB/R2016b/bin/glnxa64/MATLAB: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by /usr/local/MATLAB/R2016b/bin/glnxa64/libmwi18n.so)

There are about 20 similar errors for other functions not found.

The computer has an NVIDIA graphics card which appears to have the drivers loaded ok.

any help appreciated Thanks

[Varun Pai]

I have the same error. Were you able to solve ?

Answer 2

[Amose Yao]

Did you solve this problem? How? thx~

Answer 3

[Khurram Aziz]

To those people having issues related to rendering after the above fix, try starting matlab with the -softwareopengl option. I was getting the same error and starting with this option fixed it - I'm not tech savvy enough to know why though.

[Thomas O'Neill]

We have the same problem as above but that option didn't work for us

Answer 4

[Sergio Duarte]

You can look this:

https://uk.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1113424

[Walter Roberson]

That was a different bug related to TLS entries, and the error message for that bug always mentions "TLS".