MATLAB 2017a freezes on Linux OS during plotting figures

Hi,

I am running a Matlab function but all of a sudden, I couldn't do any commands at all or even run basic scripts due to matlab freezing up my entire computer. I've tried restarting the system, but it keeps happening.

I think it is happening due to the figure/plot commands in the script. When I use the plot command, before the code could finish the test, my computer freezes, meaning that my computer does not respond to my mouse or my keyboard. In this case, I must turn off the computer with the power button, without having the chance to save any outputs plus all the plots lost. I have tried disabling the Source control option in the preferences and Drawnow command in my script to see the error. When I used Drawnow command in my script, it start plotting figures 1 upto 30 but then it crashes beucase plotting results of harmonic analysis for 3600 points is too much.

Do you know why this is happening or have a solution to suggest?

Thanks in advance,

Here is the error:

MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE OPENGL rendering.
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       Segmentation violation detected at Tue Nov 20 13:41:19 2018
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Configuration:
  Crash Decoding      : Disabled - No sandbox or build area path
  Crash Mode          : continue (default)
  Current Graphics Driver: Brian Paul Mesa X11 Version 2.1 Mesa 10.5.2
  Current Visual      : 0x21 (class 4, depth 24)
  Default Encoding    : UTF-8
  Deployed            : false
  GNU C Library       : 2.22 stable
  Host Name           : odeonsplatz
  MATLAB Architecture : glnxa64
  MATLAB Entitlement ID: 1354369
  MATLAB Root         : /usr/local/matlab_R2017a
  MATLAB Version      : 9.2.0.538062 (R2017a)
  OpenGL              : software
  Operating System    : Linux 4.4.62-18.6-default #1 SMP Fri Apr 21 16:14:48 UTC 2017 (84f9824) x86_64
  Processor ID        : x86 Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4, 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 (11803000), display :0
Fault Count: 1
Abnormal termination:
Segmentation violation
Register State (from fault):
  RAX = 0000000000000000  RBX = 00007f2712703a40
  RCX = 0000000000000000  RDX = 0000000000000004
  RSP = 00007f2902d9ad50  RBP = 0000000000000004
  RSI = 00007f293820ac70  RDI = 00007f2712703a40

   R8 = 00007f2902d9ad58   R9 = 00000000026f8000
  R10 = 00007f26fe6f8000  R11 = 0000000000001000
  R12 = 000000000000002b  R13 = 00007f26fe6c5680                                                                                     
  R14 = 00007f26fe6c5601  R15 = 00007f291bcab801                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                 
  RIP = 00007f293820a6fd  EFL = 0000000000010206                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
   CS = 0033   FS = 0000   GS = 0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Stack Trace (from fault):                                                                                                            
[  0] 0x00007f293820a6fd                             /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6+00276221                                                 
[  1] 0x00007f293820aef5                             /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6+00278261 _XFlush+00000053                                
[  2] 0x00007f293820d8f5                             /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6+00289013 _XGetRequest+00000085                           
[  3] 0x00007f2938206d8b                             /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6+00261515 XSync+00000043                                  
[  4] 0x00007f2943fd8b73 /usr/local/matlab_R2017a/sys/opengl/lib/glnxa64/libGL.so.1+00424819                                         
[  5] 0x00007f2944022338 /usr/local/matlab_R2017a/sys/opengl/lib/glnxa64/libGL.so.1+00725816                                         
[  6] 0x00007f2943fd5e6b /usr/local/matlab_R2017a/sys/opengl/lib/glnxa64/libGL.so.1+00413291 XMesaMakeCurrent2+00000139              
[  7] 0x00007f2943fd0a4c /usr/local/matlab_R2017a/sys/opengl/lib/glnxa64/libGL.so.1+00391756                                         
[  8] 0x00007f277f0764b5 /usr/local/matlab_R2017a/bin/glnxa64/libjogl_desktop.so+00623797 Java_jogamp_opengl_x11_glx_GLX_dispatch_1glXMakeContextCurrent0__JJJJJ+00000062                                                                                                 
[  9] 0x00007f290c3cbd98                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 10] 0x00007f290c3bf350                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 11] 0x00007f290c3bf350                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 12] 0x00007f290c3bf350                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 13] 0x00007f290c3bf350                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 14] 0x00007f290c3bf1d4                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 15] 0x00007f290c3bf1d4                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 16] 0x00007f290c3bf1d4                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 17] 0x00007f290c3bf706                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 18] 0x00007f290c3bf350                                   <unknown-module>+00000000                                                 
[ 19] 0x00007f290c3bf058                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[ 20] 0x00007f290c3bf058                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[ 21] 0x00007f290c99bf28                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
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Thank you for your help.** This crash report has been saved to disk as /home/kanwal/matlab_crash_dump.2758-1 **
MATLAB is exiting because of fatal error
Killed