http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11818
--- Comment #2 from Andrew Charles Hurst a.hurst@shef.ac.uk 2008-03-02 13:28:38 --- As with bug 11019, there is a call to awt._Java_sun_awt_Win32GraphicsEnvironment_initDisplay@8, with no subsequent RET.
Up until commit 5461d505d727411f8de3f7846c5d1e8ed6343247, where 11019 appears, this version of matlab works fine with X in 24bpp mode.