Why do I receive a segmentation violation error when I open Simulink

After opening MATLAB, and clicking on Simulink, when I attempt to Open a file with button on the left, the screen displays "Starting Simulink" for 10 seconds, and then spits out the error message below.

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       Segmentation violation detected at Mon Jun 18 14:00:26 2018 -0700
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Configuration:
  Crash Decoding           : Disabled - No sandbox or build area path
  Crash Mode               : continue (default)
  Default Encoding         : UTF-8
  Deployed                 : false
  Desktop Environment      : GNOME
  GNU C Library            : 2.19 stable
  Graphics Driver          : Unknown software 
  Java Version             : Java 1.8.0_144-b01 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode
  MATLAB Architecture      : glnxa64
  MATLAB Entitlement ID    : 1849192
  MATLAB Root              : /opt/MATLAB/R2018a
  MATLAB Version           : 9.4.0.813654 (R2018a)
  OpenGL                   : software
  Operating System         : Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Process ID               : 3636
  Processor ID             : x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
  Session Key              : 90526bcf-1d6d-4194-adfb-ce6791741891
  Static TLS mitigation    : Disabled: Unnecessary 1
  Window System            : The X.Org Foundation (11501000), display :0

Fault Count: 1

Abnormal termination

Register State (from fault):
  RAX = 00007ff91af10d00  RBX = 00007ff91aefc138
  RCX = 0000000000000000  RDX = ffffffffffffffff
  RSP = 00007ff924ff2b50  RBP = 00007ff924ff2b60
  RSI = 00007ff9197f38a8  RDI = 00000000d008be70

     R8 = 00007ff91aed2b50   R9 = 00007ff919683278
    R10 = 000000000000000d  R11 = 0000000032e2651e
    R12 = 00000000d00e5ab0  R13 = 00007ff919682800
    R14 = 00007ff919683288  R15 = 00007ff91aed2b50

    RIP = 00007ff91e056aea  EFL = 0000000000010286

     CS = 0033   FS = 0000   GS = 0000

Stack Trace (from fault):
[  0] 0x00007ff91e056aea /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+05651178
[  1] 0x00007ff91e5322f7 /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+10744567
[  2] 0x00007ff91e3a7ef7 /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+09129719
[  3] 0x00007ff91dfa4afc /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+04922108
[  4] 0x00007ff91ddce301 /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+02994945
[  5] 0x00007ff91e4db8cd /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+10389709
[  6] 0x00007ff91ddd0199 /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+03002777
[  7] 0x00007ff91e4dd6ad /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+10397357
[  8] 0x00007ff91ded30b4 /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+04063412
[  9] 0x00007ff8f11072cf                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[ 10] 0x00007ff8f1fe836d                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[ 11] 0x00007ff91e186e96 /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+06897302
[ 12] 0x00007ff91e1c82b2 /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+07164594
[ 13] 0x00007ff91e1e62ae /opt/MATLAB/R2018a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+07287470
[ 14] 0x00007ff91fd17b01                            bin/glnxa64/libmwjmi.so+00699137
[ 15] 0x00007ff91fd2eadf                            bin/glnxa64/libmwjmi.so+00793311
[ 16] 0x00007ff91fd7b5dc                            bin/glnxa64/libmwjmi.so+01107420
[ 17] 0x00007ff91fd7be19                            bin/glnxa64/libmwjmi.so+01109529
[ 18] 0x00007ff91fd7c169                            bin/glnxa64/libmwjmi.so+01110377
[ 19] 0x00007ff94219905d                               bin/glnxa64/libmx.so+01347677
[ 20] 0x00007ff942197491                               bin/glnxa64/libmx.so+01340561 _ZN6matrix6detail10noninlined12mx_array_api11mxFindClassEPKc+00000049
[ 21] 0x00007ff91f2da7d8                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+03987416
[ 22] 0x00007ff934f6a78e                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00898958
[ 23] 0x00007ff934f4e3be                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00783294 _ZN11Mdispatcher15build_singletonEiSt10shared_ptrIKN9MathWorks14PathManagement5IPathEE+00000494
[ 24] 0x00007ff934f4e792                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00784274 _ZN11Mdispatcher19helper_for_lookup_TEiP14IPathInterface+00000066
[ 25] 0x00007ff934f5bcc1                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00838849 _ZN11Mdispatcher8lookup_TI19Mtypeidx_attributesEEP16Mfunction_handleP13Mfh_MATLAB_fniiPPT_P14IPathInterfaceNS_20CaseMismatchStrategyE+00000609
[ 26] 0x00007ff934f56037                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00815159 _ZN11Mdispatcher6lookupEP13Mfh_MATLAB_fniiPP19Mtypeidx_attributesP14IPathInterfaceNS_20CaseMismatchStrategyE+00000023
[ 27] 0x00007ff93132057b                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12592507
[ 28] 0x00007ff93132230e                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12600078
[ 29] 0x00007ff93127cd62                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11922786
[ 30] 0x00007ff931282618                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11945496
[ 31] 0x00007ff93128286a                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11946090
[ 32] 0x00007ff931282c01                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11947009
[ 33] 0x00007ff930bb97ab                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04831147
[ 34] 0x00007ff930bb601d                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04816925
[ 35] 0x00007ff930bafba1                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04791201
[ 36] 0x00007ff930bafdd9                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04791769
[ 37] 0x00007ff930bb5846                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04814918
[ 38] 0x00007ff930bb592f                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04815151
[ 39] 0x00007ff930ce4503                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06055171
[ 40] 0x00007ff930ce7cf3                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06069491
[ 41] 0x00007ff9311f7f6d                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11378541
[ 42] 0x00007ff9313147c4                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12543940
[ 43] 0x00007ff934f7e2ad                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00979629 _ZN8Mfh_file16dispatch_fh_implEMS_FviPP11mxArray_tagiS2_EiS2_iS2_+00000829
[ 44] 0x00007ff934f7ebae                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00981934 _ZN8Mfh_file11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000030
[ 45] 0x00007ff91f2219f7                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+03230199
[ 46] 0x00007ff91f221bfa                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+03230714
[ 47] 0x00007ff91f1806e8                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+02569960
[ 48] 0x00007ff91f183596                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+02581910
[ 49] 0x00007ff91f18b422                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+02614306
[ 50] 0x00007ff91f17f631                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+02565681
[ 51] 0x00007ff91f2f4f7f                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+04095871
[ 52] 0x00007ff91f2eee8e                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+04071054
[ 53] 0x00007ff934ef0a40                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00399936 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn16dispatch_fh_implEMS_FviPP11mxArray_tagiS2_EiS2_iS2_+00000448
[ 54] 0x00007ff934ef0c2e                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00400430 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn22dispatch_fh_with_reuseEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000030
[ 55] 0x00007ff931434d4e                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+13725006
[ 56] 0x00007ff9311a4416                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11035670
[ 57] 0x00007ff931239a11                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11647505
[ 58] 0x00007ff93494c4a1                  bin/glnxa64/libmwm_interpreter.so+00709793 inFullFevalFcn+00000321
[ 59] 0x00007ff934f13b02                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00543490
[ 60] 0x00007ff934ef0a40                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00399936 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn16dispatch_fh_implEMS_FviPP11mxArray_tagiS2_EiS2_iS2_+00000448
[ 61] 0x00007ff934ef0bfe                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00400382 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000030
[ 62] 0x00007ff931326da1                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12619169
[ 63] 0x00007ff931327982                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12622210
[ 64] 0x00007ff93140ffc9                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+13574089
[ 65] 0x00007ff9313b1431                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+13186097
[ 66] 0x00007ff930cf9cdd                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06143197
[ 67] 0x00007ff930ce3784                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06051716
[ 68] 0x00007ff930ce7cf3                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06069491
[ 69] 0x00007ff9311f7f6d                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11378541
[ 70] 0x00007ff9311a560c                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11040268
[ 71] 0x00007ff9311ac448                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11068488
[ 72] 0x00007ff9311ade22                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11075106
[ 73] 0x00007ff93124d498                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11728024
[ 74] 0x00007ff93124dae1                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11729633
[ 75] 0x00007ff934f13b02                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00543490
[ 76] 0x00007ff934ef0a40                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00399936 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn16dispatch_fh_implEMS_FviPP11mxArray_tagiS2_EiS2_iS2_+00000448
[ 77] 0x00007ff934ef0bfe                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00400382 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000030
[ 78] 0x00007ff91f2dbdf7                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+03993079
[ 79] 0x00007ff934f5d655                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00845397
[ 80] 0x00007ff934f148ba                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00547002
[ 81] 0x00007ff934efd978                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00452984 _ZN13Mlm_MATLAB_fn4loadEv+00000104
[ 82] 0x00007ff934ef08ca                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00399562 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn16dispatch_fh_implEMS_FviPP11mxArray_tagiS2_EiS2_iS2_+00000074
[ 83] 0x00007ff934ef0bfe                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00400382 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000030
[ 84] 0x00007ff931326da1                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12619169
[ 85] 0x00007ff931327982                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12622210
[ 86] 0x00007ff93140ffc9                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+13574089
[ 87] 0x00007ff9313b1431                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+13186097
[ 88] 0x00007ff930bb75a8                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04822440
[ 89] 0x00007ff930bb9cbc                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04832444
[ 90] 0x00007ff930bb601d                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04816925
[ 91] 0x00007ff930bafba1                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04791201
[ 92] 0x00007ff930bafdd9                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04791769
[ 93] 0x00007ff930bb5846                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04814918
[ 94] 0x00007ff930bb592f                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04815151
[ 95] 0x00007ff930ce4503                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06055171
[ 96] 0x00007ff930ce7cf3                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06069491
[ 97] 0x00007ff9311f7f6d                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11378541
[ 98] 0x00007ff9313147c4                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12543940
[ 99] 0x00007ff931314d6b                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12545387
[100] 0x00007ff934f7e2ad                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00979629 _ZN8Mfh_file16dispatch_fh_implEMS_FviPP11mxArray_tagiS2_EiS2_iS2_+00000829
[101] 0x00007ff934f7ebde                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00981982 _ZN8Mfh_file22dispatch_fh_with_reuseEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000030
[102] 0x00007ff931434d4e                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+13725006
[103] 0x00007ff9311a4416                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11035670
[104] 0x00007ff931239a11                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11647505
[105] 0x00007ff93494c4a1                  bin/glnxa64/libmwm_interpreter.so+00709793 inFullFevalFcn+00000321
[106] 0x00007ff934f13b02                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00543490
[107] 0x00007ff934ef0a40                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00399936 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn16dispatch_fh_implEMS_FviPP11mxArray_tagiS2_EiS2_iS2_+00000448
[108] 0x00007ff934ef0bfe                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00400382 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000030
[109] 0x00007ff931326da1                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12619169
[110] 0x00007ff931327982                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12622210
[111] 0x00007ff93140ffc9                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+13574089
[112] 0x00007ff9313b1431                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+13186097
[113] 0x00007ff930bb75a8                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04822440
[114] 0x00007ff930bb9cbc                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04832444
[115] 0x00007ff930bb601d                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04816925
[116] 0x00007ff930bafba1                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04791201
[117] 0x00007ff930bafdd9                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04791769
[118] 0x00007ff930bb5846                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04814918
[119] 0x00007ff930bb592f                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+04815151
[120] 0x00007ff930ce4503                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06055171
[121] 0x00007ff930ce7cf3                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+06069491
[122] 0x00007ff9311f7f6d                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+11378541
[123] 0x00007ff9313147c4                          bin/glnxa64/libmwm_lxe.so+12543940
[124] 0x00007ff934f7e2ad                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00979629 _ZN8Mfh_file16dispatch_fh_implEMS_FviPP11mxArray_tagiS2_EiS2_iS2_+00000829
[125] 0x00007ff934f7ebae                   bin/glnxa64/libmwm_dispatcher.so+00981934 _ZN8Mfh_file11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000030
[126] 0x00007ff91f2219f7                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+03230199
[127] 0x00007ff91f18049f                      bin/glnxa64/libmwmcos_impl.so+02569375

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  Internal Error (safepoint.cpp:687), pid=3636, tid=0x00007ff924fff700
#  fatal error: Deadlock in safepoint code.  Should have called back to the VM before blocking.
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_144-b01) (build 1.8.0_144-b01)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.144-b01 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /ubc/ece/home/ll/grads/jpnaterer/hs_error_pid3636.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
MATLAB: javainit.cpp:1461: void {anonymous}::mwJavaAbort(): Assertion `' failed.

Restarting my computer will produce the same error, but if I try to click open again on a new MATLAB instance without restarting my computer I get the following error message:

MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE OPENGL rendering.
*** Error in `/opt/MATLAB/R2018a/bin/glnxa64/MATLAB': corrupted size vs. prev_size: 0x00007fc8d4050c40 ***

[Micah Mungal]

Did you ever solve this problem. I am getting a similar problem on my pc running Fedora and MATLAB R2018B.

Answer 1

[JN]

I updated from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 and that fixed the issue. I can't remember how I figured out how that was an issue, but I think it had something to do with the Java library being incompatible.