Different Axis Orientation in ubuntu?

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Gyula Gyebnár

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Dec 15, 2015, 8:22:52 AM12/15/15
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Dear Experts,

I have been using ExploreDTI under windows and CentOS for some time but now I have encountered a peculiar problem in Ubuntu, we can't seem to get around.
After installing matlab R2014a, ExploreDTI v4.8.5 starts normally apart from one problem.

The attached a startap.png shows that after starting the program the colors corresponding to the Y and Z axes are switched (the sliders and the horizontal box-edges).
After loading a DTI.mat the problem gets obvious (see patient_ubuntu). The same data looks ok, when I load it on a windows system.
An additional symptom is that when I choose to view the FA map of the data, I see it in color too.

Have you ever encountered similar problems? If so, could you let me know how to get around it? 
We think that the problem maybe lies in the accessibility of some initialising parameter files.

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,
Gyula Gyebnár
PhD student
MR Research Center
Budapest, Hungary
patient_FA_ubuntu.PNG
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Gyula Gyebnár

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Dec 16, 2015, 4:29:49 AM12/16/15
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Dear Everyone,

We managed to solve problem.

It turned out that it did not originate from the operating system or accessibility, but from the color settings of the VNC Server we use to access the computer.
The color depth was set to 16bit on the server by default and as it turns out, it was not compatible with ExploreDTI. Now with 24bit, everythinng looks fine.

The peculiar thing is that the problem only occured with the main ExploreDTI and the QA DWIs palettes, no other application, or other palettes in the ExploreDTI figure showed the faulty colors (e.g. the button colors on the axis and draw palettes seem to be all right).

If anyone encounters a similar problem, this is the way to get arund.

Best regards,

Gyula Gyebnár
PhD student
MR Research Center
Budapest, Hungary

stijn m

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Dec 22, 2015, 9:48:12 AM12/22/15
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Dear Gyula,

Great to hear that you where able to solve the problem!
Another lesson learned.

Cheers,
Stijn
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