segmentation fault on startup linux

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Segmentation violation detected at Wed Apr 5 08:44:04 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Configuration: Crash Decoding : Disabled Crash Mode : continue (default) Current Graphics Driver: Unknown hardware Current Visual : 0x20 (class 4, depth 24) Default Encoding : UTF-8 GNU C Library : 2.21 stable Host Name : stoertebekerThinkPad MATLAB Architecture : glnxa64 MATLAB Root : /home/stoertebeker/.matlabinstallation MATLAB Version : 8.6.0.267246 (R2015b) OpenGL : hardware Operating System : Linux 4.2.0-42-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 21:26:26 UTC 2016 x86_64 Processor ID : x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel Virtual Machine : Java 1.7.0_60-b19 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode Window System : The X.Org Foundation (11702000), display :0

Fault Count: 1

Abnormal termination: Segmentation violation

Register State (from fault): RAX = 0000000000000000 RBX = 00007fce3cde6808 RCX = 0000000000000000 RDX = 0000000000000003 RSP = 00007fce95f6cca0 RBP = 00007fce95f6cdc0 RSI = 0000000000000000 RDI = 00007fce3cde29e8

   R8 = 0000000000000018   R9 = 0000000000000000
  R10 = 00007fce3cde2000  R11 = 00007fce3cde7450
  R12 = 00007fce3d002f80  R13 = 0000000000000006
  R14 = 00007fce3cde3cc0  R15 = 00007fce5c4d0f80

RIP = 00007fceb26258ca  EFL = 0000000000010206

   CS = 0033   FS = 0000   GS = 0000

Stack Trace (from fault): [ 0] 0x00007fceb26258ca /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00051402 [ 1] 0x00007fceb262e4c1 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00087233 [ 2] 0x00007fceb2629474 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00066676 [ 3] 0x00007fceb262d9b3 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00084403 [ 4] 0x00007fceb0a0dfc9 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2+00004041 [ 5] 0x00007fceb2629474 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00066676 [ 6] 0x00007fceb0a0e62d /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2+00005677 [ 7] 0x00007fceb0a0e061 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2+00004193 dlopen+00000049 [ 8] 0x00007fceace3400a /home/stoertebeker/.matlabinstallation/bin/glnxa64/libut.so+00311306 [ 9] 0x00007fcea7dc87e5 /home/stoertebeker/.matlabinstallation/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00456677

Answer 1

[Jayaram Theegala]

This could be a known issue, that affects Ubuntu and its derivatives. Can you try the solution suggested in the following MATLAB Answers post and see if it fixes your issue:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/260924-why-do-i-get-a-segmentation-fault-when-i-try-to-start-matlab-on-ubuntu-15-04-or-newer

[Lukas Becker]

Thanks alot, the problem was fixed. Here is the link to the workaround https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1297894