Java error on launching Matlab R2011a on mac (OS HighSierra 10.13.1)

Hi,

since upgrading the Mac OS to HighSierra 10.13.1 and following a prompt in matlab to update java. I receive this each time I type in the command window. Doe sanyon eknow a fix?

thanks

Mark

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.RuntimeException: Non-Java exception raised, not handled! (Original problem: Deprecated in 10_12... DO NOT EVER USE CGSEventRecord directly. Bad things, man.... bad things.)
  at apple.awt.ComponentModel._handleEvent(Native Method)
  at apple.awt.ComponentModel.handleEvent(ComponentModel.java:273)
  at apple.awt.CWindow.handleEvent(CWindow.java:545)
  at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchKeyEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:753)
  at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.preDispatchKeyEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:1000)
  at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.typeAheadAssertions(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:865)
  at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:686)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4648)
  at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2142)
  at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2492)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4604)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:717)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:82)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:676)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:674)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:86)
  at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:97)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:690)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:688)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:86)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:687)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:296)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:211)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:196)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:188)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)

[Salomon Eliasson]

I also get the same response after upgrading to High Sierra using MATLAB R2013a. Is it really unfixable?

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.RuntimeException: Non-Java exception raised, not handled! (Original problem: Deprecated in 10_12... DO NOT EVER USE CGSEventRecord directly. Bad things, man.... bad things.)
  at apple.awt.ComponentModel._handleEvent(Native Method)
  at apple.awt.ComponentModel.handleEvent(ComponentModel.java:273)
  at apple.awt.CWindow.handleEvent(CWindow.java:545)
  at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchKeyEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:753)
  at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.preDispatchKeyEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:1000)
  at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.typeAheadAssertions(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:865)
  at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:686)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4648)
  at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2142)
  at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2492)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4604)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:717)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:82)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:676)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:674)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:86)
  at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:97)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:690)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:688)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:86)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:687)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:296)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:211)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:196)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:188)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)

[Walter Roberson]

Yes, it is really unfixable. El Capitan was the last version in which you could reliable configure preferences multiple Java versions.

Sierra hid the appropriate system configuration panel, but you can get it back if you know how. Unfortunately in Sierra, it appears to ignore any configuration preference for JRE6 .

If you need to be able to execute older MATLAB, then El Capitan was the sweet spot, as long as you did not go back so far that you needed one of the X based versions -- if you needed one of the X based versions then you need to go back to the version before El Capitan.

Sierra broke backwards compatibility in a number of respects. High Sierra broke it even further.

[Salomon Eliasson]

OK thanks for the info. Starting MATLAB with the option -noawt at least lets me run MATLAB without the editor. That’ll have to do for now

[Robert Weller]

Similar/same issue with R2012a in High Sierra.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

That version of MATLAB is not supported on high sierra and probably cannot be made to work

Answer 2

[Jeffery Anderson]

That is quite disappointing to hear. 2013a worked fine on OSX sierra but as soon as the upgrade to high sierra, I have the issue reported above. Is there a way to suppress all java messages? MATLAB seems to work fine other than this.

Answer 3

[Mark Elliott]

Hi,

the solution I found, which is not ideal I have to say, but works, was to reinstall in a Windows 7 virtual machine (Parallels). I understood from here that my version of Martlab (R2011a) may not work with Windows 10, so I continue to ignore upgrade offers from Parallels.

Mark

[Walter Roberson]

Parallels itself gets faster in later releases, so there is no harm in upgrading Parallels itself; it is Windows that you would not want to upgrade.

Answer 4

[Zacarias Fabrim]

This is such type of thing that move me to find some free alternative to Matlab! http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/