[FieldTrip] Problem with Matlab system commands in OS X (XTerm, Logout, crash, sleep mode)

[Markus Gschwind]

Hi Sebastian,

Thanks I forgot this workaround. Yes, very useful!
Best,
Markus

2017-04-09 12:05 GMT+02:00 Sebastian Höffner <shoeffner at uos.de>:

> Dear Markus,
>
> while I don't have a proper solution for your problem with matlab, I can
> recommend you the little app Caffeine which you should find on the app
> store. It keeps your Mac awake and should stop your matlab process from
> terminating.
>
> http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/
>
> Best
> Sebastian
>
> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017, 11:31 Markus Gschwind <Markus.Gschwind at unige.ch>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I hope to find here an expert who knows an answer to the following
>> problem:
>>
>> I am running Matlab on OSX 10.9.5 started from the Xterm, and I am not
>> able to run big and lengthy matlab jobs because at each logout (which
>> occurs after 2h), Matlab crashes, all results are gone (if they are not
>> save to the HD and XTerm closes.
>>
>> I start Matlab form the XTerm (and not by clicking the App Icon) in order
>> to be able to run system (unix) commands within Matlab.
>>
>> I guess, this behaviour is proper to XTerm, and in case I could find an
>> other way to run system commands from Matlab, probably this could be
>> resolved.
>>
>> Could it be that the running matlab job is not visible to the system
>> which goes to sleep??
>>
>> For info here the power management info:
>>
>> $ pmset -g custom
>> Battery Power:
>>  lidwake              1
>>  autopoweroff         1
>>  autopoweroffdelay    14400
>>  standbydelay         18000
>>  standby              1
>>  ttyskeepawake        0
>>  hibernatemode        3
>>  gpuswitch            2
>>  hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
>>  displaysleep         2
>>  sleep                0
>>  acwake               1
>>  halfdim              1
>>  sms                  1
>>  lessbright           1
>>  disksleep            10
>> AC Power:
>>  lidwake              1
>>  autopoweroff         1
>>  autopoweroffdelay    14400
>>  standbydelay         18000
>>  standby              0
>>  ttyskeepawake        1
>>  hibernatemode        3
>>  gpuswitch            2
>>  hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
>>  womp                 1
>>  displaysleep         3
>>  networkoversleep     0
>>  sleep                0
>>  acwake               0
>>  halfdim              1
>>  sms                  1
>>  disksleep            60
>>
>>
>> Many thanks for help!
>> Markus
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