[Eeglablist] Error booting up EEGLAB

[Graham Voiles]

Hi Lisa,

Thank you for your email. I did just report the problem to SCCN, so I will let you know if/when I hear back from them. Likewise, I will update you if I success in any troubleshooting.

Thanks,

-Graham
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From: Lisa Bartolomeo <lbartolomeo03 at gmail.com>
Sent: March 16, 2026 11:35 PM
To: Graham Voiles <graham_voiles at sfu.ca>
Cc: eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: [Eeglablist] Error booting up EEGLAB

I discovered this same issue today, Graham.

Removing the Biosig3.8.4 folder from my eeglab plugins folder made eeglab start like normal, but then of course you can't import any .bdf files. The plugin page is still down (https://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/plugin_uploader/plugin_list_all.php ). Did you report the problem to SCCN using their contact form? If not, I can do so and let you know if I hear anything.

I also checked the BioSig library (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://biosig.sourceforge.net/download.html__;!!Mih3wA!CTaJD2BTPo_z-ZpVFGRhDVbzrZQu1OmQYD4j5SWK0CCVQSxo3aKkWnf2SHJLKGX5eGTWL7sHnQU3eGN6H71Af_u5hMIiGQ$ ) and there's not a download listed for MacOS, which is what I'm using. If you're using Windows, maybe the v3.8.5 download would work?

If I make any progress in troubleshooting this, I will send an update.

Thank you,
Lisa

On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM Graham Voiles via eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu<mailto:eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu>> wrote:
Hello,

Wondering if anyone has a further update on this plugin issue: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/sccn/eeglab/issues/918__;!!Mih3wA!BjWDGNsSqQ5GcOZpIpsK0MLV1TI7VHIeMhev1aE-y5S99S9fIU4a__ZxGYT9JjqcYlogGxNellES6rL6ax9orAa3ObhEZw$  it would seem it has not been resolved yet, at least on my system. Specifically, when I boot up eeglab in the MATLAB command window I get this error:

>> eeglab
Warning: colordef will be removed in a future release.
Some menu items hidden. Use Preference menu to show them all.
eeglab: options file is ~/eeg_options.m
Retrieving plugin versions from server...
Retrieving download statistics...
Issue with retrieving statistics for extensions
EEGLAB: adding "Biosig" v3.8.4 to the pathDot indexing is not supported for variables of this type.

Error in eeglab (line 1111)
                indPlugin = strmatch(lower(pluginlist(plugincount).plugin), lower({ pluginstats.name<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://pluginstats.name__;!!Mih3wA!CTaJD2BTPo_z-ZpVFGRhDVbzrZQu1OmQYD4j5SWK0CCVQSxo3aKkWnf2SHJLKGX5eGTWL7sHnQU3eGN6H71Af_uLbSwsNQ$ > }), 'exact');

Any insights appreciated.

Thank you,

-Graham
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