Why do I receive an unexpected exception in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) after I close a plot that has just been modified with the PLOTTOOLS function?

After modifying a plot in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) on Linux using PLOTTOOLS and closing the figure window, MATLAB crashes with the following Java error:

 An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.

 Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x6DBA3A7

 Function=XmDropSiteQueryStackingOrder+0xDB

 Library=/opt/matlab7/bin/glnx86/../../sys/os/glnx86/libXm.so.2

 Current Java thread:

 at sun.awt.motif.MComponentPeer.removeNativeDropTarget(Native Method)

 at sun.awt.motif.MComponentPeer.removeDropTarget(Unknown Source)

 at java.awt.dnd.DropTarget.removeNotify(Unknown Source)

 at java.awt.Component.setDropTarget(Unknown Source)

 - locked <0xed455e00> (a com.mathworks.hg.peer.FigurePeer$37)

 at com.mathworks.page.plottool.SelectionManager$UDDFigureBeingDestroyedListener.execute(SelectionManager.java:373)

 - locked <0xed455f78> (a com.mathworks.page.plottool.SelectionManager$UDDFigureBeingDestroyedListener)

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed in MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1). If you are running a previous version of MATLAB, please read the following:

This has been verified as a bug in the way PLOTTOOLS interacts with some Linux systems in MATLAB 7.0 (R14). There are currently no known workarounds.