Matlab 2015b crashes on startup on Kubuntu 15.04

Hi,

I installed Matlab 2015b on my Kubuntu 15.04 machine, but it doesn't start. Every time I run matlab (using either 'matlab' or 'matlab -desktop'), it crashes, reporting the error log below.

I have check that it runs smoothly when I execute it from the command line with the -nodesktop argument.

Any help?

Thanks.

The error I obtain is:

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Segmentation violation detected at Fri Sep 11 10:43:31 2015

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Configuration:

Crash Decoding      : Disabled

Crash Mode          : continue (default)

Current Graphics Driver: Unknown hardware 

Current Visual      : 0x21 (class 4, depth 24)

Default Encoding    : UTF-8

GNU C Library       : 2.21 stable

Host Name           : Adso

MATLAB Architecture : glnxa64

MATLAB Root         : /opt/MATLAB/R2015b

MATLAB Version      : 8.6.0.267246 (R2015b)

OpenGL              : hardware

Operating System    : Linux 3.19.0-28-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 31 15:52:51 UTC 2015 x86_64

Processor ID        : x86 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel

Virtual Machine     : Java 1.7.0_60-b19 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode

Window System       : The X.Org Foundation (11701000), display :0

Fault Count: 1

Abnormal termination: Segmentation violation

Register State (from fault):

RAX = 0000000000000000  RBX = 00007f40e84c3160

RCX = 0000000000000000  RDX = 0000000000000003

RSP = 00007f418f722ca0  RBP = 00007f418f722dc0

RSI = 0000000000000000  RDI = 00007f40e84c2350

R8 = 0000000000000018   R9 = 0000000000000000

R10 = 00007f40e84c2000  R11 = 00007f40e84c3478

R12 = 00007f40e872dfa0  R13 = 0000000000000006

R14 = 00007f40e84c2758  R15 = 00007f41205359b0

RIP = 00007f41aba1f8ba  EFL = 0000000000010206

CS = 0033   FS = 0000   GS = 0000

Stack Trace (from fault):

[  0] 0x00007f41aba1f8ba                        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00051386

[  1] 0x00007f41aba284b1                        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00087217

[  2] 0x00007f41aba23464                        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00066660

[  3] 0x00007f41aba279a3                        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00084387

[  4] 0x00007f41a9e07fc9                   /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2+00004041

[  5] 0x00007f41aba23464                        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+00066660

[  6] 0x00007f41a9e0862d                   /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2+00005677

[  7] 0x00007f41a9e08061                   /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2+00004193 dlopen+00000049

[  8] 0x00007f41a622e00a            /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libut.so+00311306

[  9] 0x00007f41a14dd7e5 /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00456677

[ 10] 0x00007f41a14d01af /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00401839 
_ZN13Mlm_MATLAB_fn8try_loadEv+00000031

[ 11] 0x00007f41a14c7ae5 /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00367333 _ZN13Mlm_MATLAB_fn4loadEv+00000037

[ 12] 0x00007f41a14c4b09 /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00355081 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000057

[ 13] 0x00007f419bb988af       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+08612015

[ 14] 0x00007f419bcbc7ff       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+09807871

[ 15] 0x00007f419bcb247f       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+09766015

[ 16] 0x00007f419bc7f981       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+09558401

[ 17] 0x00007f419b8e1d6c       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+05766508

[ 18] 0x00007f419b8cc4c1       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+05678273

[ 19] 0x00007f419b8db075       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+05738613

[ 20] 0x00007f419baac033       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+07643187

[ 21] 0x00007f419ba73c40       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+07412800

[ 22] 0x00007f419ba76078       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+07422072

[ 23] 0x00007f419ba76140       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+07422272

[ 24] 0x00007f419baed6bc       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+07911100

[ 25] 0x00007f419baedabc       /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+07912124

[ 26] 0x00007f41a0a4fd0d /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwm_interpreter.so+02600205 _Z51inEvalCmdWithLocalReturnInDesiredWSAndPublishEventsRKSbIDsSt11char_traitsIDsESaIDsEEPibbP15inWorkSpace_tag+00000077

[ 27] 0x00007f41a264aa12         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwiqm.so+00915986 _ZNK3iqm18InternalEvalPlugin24inEvalCmdWithLocalReturnERKSbIDsSt11char_traitsIDsESaIDsEEP15inWorkSpace_tag+00000098

[ 28] 0x00007f41a264abd8         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwiqm.so+00916440 _ZN3iqm18InternalEvalPlugin7executeEP15inWorkSpace_tagRN5boost10shared_ptrIN14cmddistributor17IIPCompletedEventEEE+00000120

[ 29] 0x00007f414699c3b2     /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libnativejmi.so+00861106 _ZN9nativejmi21JmiInternalEvalPlugin7executeEP15inWorkSpace_tagRN5boost10shared_ptrIN14cmddistributor17IIPCompletedEventEEE+00000274

[ 30] 0x00007f41469c1565     /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libnativejmi.so+01013093 _ZN3mcr3mvm27McrSwappingIqmPluginAdapterIN9nativejmi21JmiInternalEvalPluginEE7executeEP15inWorkSpace_tagRN5boost10shared_ptrIN14cmddistributor17IIPCompletedEventEEE+00000437

[ 31] 0x00007f41a26441c6         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwiqm.so+00889286

[ 32] 0x00007f41a2631645         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwiqm.so+00812613

[ 33] 0x00007f419d1acbf9      /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00146425

[ 34] 0x00007f419d1ad1f4      /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00147956

[ 35] 0x00007f419d1b26cd      /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00169677

[ 36] 0x00007f419d1b27bc      /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00169916

[ 37] 0x00007f419d1b2ead      /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00171693 _Z8mnParserv+00000749

[ 38] 0x00007f41a1805b4f         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00686927 _ZN11mcrInstance30mnParser_on_interpreter_threadEv+00000031

[ 39] 0x00007f41a17f2443         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00607299

[ 40] 0x00007f41a17f2a39         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00608825 _ZN5boost6detail11task_objectIvNS_3_bi6bind_tIvPFvRKNS_8functionIFvvEEEENS2_5list1INS2_5valueIS6_EEEEEEE6do_runEv+00000025

[ 41] 0x00007f41a17f3f47         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00614215 _ZN5boost6detail9task_baseIvE3runEv+00000071

[ 42] 0x00007f41a17f3fa7         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00614311

[ 43] 0x00007f41a17ef2fa         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00594682

[ 44] 0x00007f41951b06b6         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00313014

[ 45] 0x00007f4195196862         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00206946

[ 46] 0x00007f41a21850df    /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwservices.so+03002591

[ 47] 0x00007f41a218524c    /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwservices.so+03002956

[ 48] 0x00007f41a2186d9f    /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwservices.so+03009951

[ 49] 0x00007f41a218784c    /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwservices.so+03012684 _Z25svWS_ProcessPendingEventsiib+00000092

[ 50] 0x00007f41a17ef9b8         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00596408

[ 51] 0x00007f41a17efcd4         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00597204

[ 52] 0x00007f41a17dbfed         /opt/MATLAB/R2015b/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00516077

[ 53] 0x00007f41aa5dd6aa              /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0+00030378

[ 54] 0x00007f41aa312eed                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+01076973 clone+00000109

[ 55] 0x0000000000000000                                   <unknown-module>+00000000

[Daniel Brenner]

I've got the same problem, standard Ubuntu 15.10. Also runs with -nodesktop .

[Lowell Day]

For a workaround to this issue, please see the following external bug report:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1297894

[BK]

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04LTS on a Lenovo ThinkStation S20 with GeForce 610 graphics card and installed Matlab R2016a. I renamed the library in the bug report above (libstdc++.so.6) but this fix did not work for me. Instead, I switched display drivers from Nvidia to the open source Nouveau. Matlab is working now.

Answer 1

[Lowell Day]

For a workaround to this issue, please see the following external bug report:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1297894

Answer 2

[Asmaa Saleh]

-Use a text editor to access sources.list and add thin line: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main multiverse

-Update the system and install 'matlab-support' package

-provide the directory of MATLAB installation file and rename dynamic liberaries to .bak

Answer 3

[Eranda Perera]

The link to external bug report https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1297894 does not work. Could you please provide an alternative link to the same information? Thank you. Help urgently needed.

[Lowell Day]

There is a known issue that causes MATLAB to crash on Ubuntu 15.04 and later.

Ubuntu uses version 20 of libstdc++.so.6, but MATLAB ships with version 17.

When MATLAB loads version 17 first, Ubuntu reaches an incompatibility that causes MATLAB to crash.

To resolve this issue, you can force MATLAB to use the version of libstdc++.so.6 provided by the operating system:

1. Open terminal

2. Run the following commands

cd /usr/local/MATLAB/R2016a/sys/os/glnxa64

sudo mv ./libstdc++.so.6 ./libstdc++.so.6.OLD

[Walter Roberson]

The link does work for me. You might need to have an active support contract to read it, possibly.