Thank you! It works great: matlab -display linux_computer_name:1.0 -r My_M_file My_M_file should be without extension. Now it suppresses all the matlab output. On 9/21/07, Pieter Vandemaele <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > If you don't want any SPM graphics, you have to remove all graphic > output code from the SPM source. > Fortunately, there is an elegant solution if you use linux, called Xvfb > (X Windows virtual frame buffer) which performs al graphical operations > in memory. > Search in the SPM mailing list for Xvfb and you will find some more > information on that. > Regards > > Pieter > > > <John> <Gelburg> schreef: > > Hi, > > > > I would like suppress the graphics in SPM 2 (all those windows, which > are > > opened during processing of fMRI images). I tried to run the matlab in > mode: > > matlab -nodisplay -nojvm, but I am still getting the windows opened. > > > > Interestingly, when just for test I run the command: spm ('Welcome') I > am > > getting "Can't open any graphics windows..." error message. In addition, > I > > tried to run the matlab in non graphical console, but then SPM > complains, > > that it can't open UI elements. > > > > Is it feasible to run SPM without graphics output? I am running it > remotely > > via Internet connection and the processing is enormously slow because of > it. > > > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > John > > >