Matlab crashs on startup Ubuntu 16.04

when I start matlab after a short time matlab crashes. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and I found issues like this with googel for earlier versions of Ubuntu however those seme to be fixed and the work around (renaiming a file) did not help.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Segmentation violation detected at Wed Oct 19 17:56:11 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Configuration: Crash Decoding : Disabled - No sandbox or build area path Crash Mode : continue (default) Current Graphics Driver: Unknown hardware Current Visual : 0x21 (class 4, depth 24) Default Encoding : UTF-8 Deployed : false GNU C Library : 2.23 stable Host Name : E3E3G6G6 MATLAB Architecture : glnxa64 MATLAB Entitlement ID: 870270 MATLAB Root : /usr/local/MATLAB/R2016b MATLAB Version : 9.1.0.441655 (R2016b) OpenGL : hardware Operating System : Linux 4.4.0-43-generic #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 12 13:48:03 UTC 2016 x86_64 Processor ID : x86 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7, 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 (11804000), display :0

Fault Count: 1

Abnormal termination: Segmentation violation

Register State (from fault): RAX = 00007fce79892dc0 RBX = 0000000000000000 RCX = 0000000000000001 RDX = 00007fce79892e40 RSP = 00007fce79892d90 RBP = 00007fce88153750 RSI = 0000000000000000 RDI = 00007fce79892dc0

   R8 = 0000000000000000   R9 = 0000000000000001
  R10 = 00007fce880a1130  R11 = 0000000000000000
  R12 = 00007fce88445ec0  R13 = 00007fce88153750
  R14 = 00007fce884fa3e0  R15 = 00007fce88424ae0

RIP = 00007fcde94dd24d  EFL = 0000000000010246

   CS = 0033   FS = 0000   GS = 0000

Stack Trace (from fault): [ 0] 0x00007fcde94dd24d /usr/lib/nvidia-361/libGLX_nvidia.so.0+00344653

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Thank you for your help.

[Israel Vaughn]

Apparently still hasn't been fixed in 2016b.

Answer 1

[Soma Ardhanareeswaran]

Looks like the Graphics drivers are not up-to-date. Try updating the drivers and observe if the error persists.

You can also try by starting MATLAB with software OpenGL instead of using the GPU. start MATLAB with the -softwareopengl flag

matlab -softwareopengl