Why does MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1) crash when rendering figures with my ATI Mobility FireGL 9000 video card?

I use the OPENGL function to display information about my OpenGL display:

opengl info

I receive the following segmentation violation:

 Attempting to load glren.dll

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       Segmentation violation detected at Fri Dec 10 13:20:23 2004

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 Configuration:

MATLAB Version:   7.0.1.24704 (R14) Service Pack 1

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP

Window System:    Version 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 2)

Processor ID:     x86 Family 6 Model 9 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel

Virtual Machine:  Java 1.4.2_04 with Sun Microsystems Inc. Java 

 HotSpot(TM) Client VM

    (mixed mode)

Default Charset:  ibm-5348_P100-1997

 Register State:

EAX = 7ffdf000  EBX = 00000000

ECX = 80000000  EDX = 00000000

ESI = bf80d027  EDI = 00cdd634

EBP = 00cdd5f8  ESP = 00cdd5d0

EIP = bf80d027  FLG = 00210202

 Stack Trace:

[0] 0xbf80d027(0xbf80d027, 197440, 2, 0)

[1] USER32.dll:0x77d487eb(0, 0xbf80d027, 197440, 2)

[2] USER32.dll:0x77d4b368(0x00f151d8, 2, 0, 0)

[3] USER32.dll:0x77d4b3b4(0x00cdd6ec "ΨQρ", 24, 0x00f151d8, 2)

[4] ntdll.dll:0x7c90eae3(0x013d3ba0, 0x00cddb9c "ΨΫΝ", 0x067b2509, 1)

[5] glren.dll:public: virtual void * __thiscall 

 glren::GLRenderEngine::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)(1, 1, 

 0x0effba70, 0x00cddf00) + 11 bytes

[6] glren.dll:_OpenGLGetData(1, 0x00cddbc4, 0, 0) + 601 bytes

[7] hg.dll:bool __cdecl OpenGLSetupEnumstr(bool)(1, 0x0124cdb0 "΄α$y", 

 0x00cddc18 "8άΝ", 0x79019231) + 103 bytes

[8] hg.dll:_OpenGLLoadStatus(0, 0x00cddee0, 1, 0x00cddf44) + 77 bytes

[9] libmwbuiltins.dll:void __cdecl bnFeatureFcn(int,struct mxArray_tag * 

 * const,int,struct mxArray_tag * * const)(0, 0x00cddee0, 2, 0x00cddf40) + 

 241 bytes

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Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This issue is caused by an incompatibility between MATLAB and certain drivers for the ATI Mobility FireGL 9000 video card.

To work around this issue, download the latest driver from the website of the manufacturer of your laptop.