Matlab 2024b on Linux with Intel Meteor Lake and Iris graphics: jogamp.ope​ngl.x11.gl​x.X11GLXDr​awableFact​ory

Starting Matlab 2024b on Linux with a recent Intel Meteor Lake, Iris graphics and Wayland gives the following error

com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: X11GLXDrawableFactory - Could not initialize shared resources for X11GraphicsDevice[type .x11, connection :0, unitID 0, handle 0x0, owner false, ResourceToolkitLock[obj 0x4814c5f, isOwner false, <648eebc0, 5d2fa144>[count 0, qsz 0, owner <NULL>]]]

at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:326)

at jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner.run(SharedResourceRunner.java:297)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

I already read the following related posts:

• OpenGL Rendering in Matlab R2024b on Ubuntu LTS 24.04 fails: com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: X11GLXDrawableFactory - Could not initialize shared resources for ...
• Error displayed when starting MATLAB on Linux systems using NVIDIA OR AMD graphics hardware
• When launching matlab I get the following error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open iris:

and tried the following steps without success

• adding -Djogl.disable.openglarbcontext=true to ~/java.opts
• linking /usr/local/MATLAB/R2024b/sys/os/glnxa64/libstdc++.so.6 to my system's libstdc++.so.6.32
• starting Matlab with "export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=iris; matlab"

If I run "rendererinfo" in Matlab after a normal start, I get

>> rendererinfo

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.

ans = struct with fields:

GraphicsRenderer: 'OpenGL Hardware'

Vendor: ''

Version: ''

RendererDevice: 'None'

Details: [1×1 struct]

Surprisingly, if I start Matlab with "export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965; matlab", I get "MESA-LOADER: glx: failed to open i965: driver not built!" on the terminal, but after that Matlab starts without an error and "rendererinfo" yields

>> rendererinfo

ans = struct with fields:

GraphicsRenderer: 'OpenGL Software'

Vendor: 'Mesa'

Version: '4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.2.6'

RendererDevice: 'llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8, 256 bits)'

Details: [1×1 struct]

How do I solve the issue and get HW-accelerated gaphics output?

Some information about my system:

$ lspci -v -s 00:02.0

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P [Intel Graphics] (rev 08) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Subsystem: Lenovo Device 231e

Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 161, IOMMU group 0

Memory at 4058000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]

Memory at 4000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]

Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]

Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>

Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, IntMsgNum 0

Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+

Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3

Capabilities: [100] Null

Capabilities: [110] Process Address Space ID (PASID)

Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)

Capabilities: [420] Physical Resizable BAR

Capabilities: [320] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)

Capabilities: [400] Latency Tolerance Reporting

Kernel driver in use: i915

Kernel modules: i915, xe

$ glxinfo -B

name of display: :0

display: :0 screen: 0

direct rendering: Yes

Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):

Vendor: Intel (0x8086)

Device: Mesa Intel(R) Graphics (MTL) (0x7d45)

Version: 24.2.6

Accelerated: yes

Video memory: 15763MB

Unified memory: yes

Preferred profile: core (0x1)

Max core profile version: 4.6

Max compat profile version: 4.6

Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1

Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2

OpenGL vendor string: Intel

OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) Graphics (MTL)

OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.2.6

OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60

OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)

OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

[Davide Fenucci]

I also have the same issue. Did you manage to solve it somehow?

Answer 1

[Kautuk Raj]

I was also facing the same Java error while using a similar setup. A workaround to overcome this is to use the new desktop of MATLAB. You can try to download and use the new MATLAB desktop by following the steps below:

1. In MATLAB, go to "Home > Add-Ons" and search for "New Desktop for MATLAB (Beta)".
2. Click "Install" and follow the instructions to install the new desktop.
3. Restart MATLAB.

More about the New Desktop for MATLAB can be gathered from the MathWorks documentation page here: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/beta-new-desktop-for-matlab.html

[abhay]

Thanks. Worked for me on fedora 41(wayland) Matlab 2024b with Intel Meteor Lake.