segmentation fault when running plot

I'm using matlab 2016b on Linus Ubuntu 14.04, and I kept getting segmentation fault after running any kinds of figure plotting command (plot,scatter,etc). The software just quited without saving any dump files so I can't provide a detailed description of the problem.

[Ruchir Kemnaik]

Try to launch MATLAB in software openGL mode. If this works, try updating the graphics drivers and then launch MATLAB back in hardware opengl mode.

You can use "matlab -softwareopengl" command to launch MATLAB in software openGL mode. More information about different startup options to launch MATLAB can be found here.

You might also want to take a look at the opengl command to switch between software and hardware openGL mode.

There is also a good documentation on Resolving Low-Level Graphics Issues which gives some useful information.