Matlab Crashes at Startup after changing Opengl settings

MATLAB is running good on my linux workstation utill I change opengl setting to by executing opengl('save', hardware'). Now it crashes giving following error messages at the start up. I tried running matlab -nodesktop and it doesn't work either. Any help is very appreciated.

$: matlab -nodesktop

/usr/local/bin/matlab: line 1335: lsb_release: command not found

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Segmentation violation detected at Fri Sep 13 20:16:43 2019 -0400

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Configuration:

Crash Decoding : Disabled - No sandbox or build area path

Crash Mode : continue (default)

Default Encoding : UTF-8

Desktop Environment : GNOME-Classic:GNOME

GNU C Library : 2.17 stable

MATLAB Architecture : glnxa64

MATLAB Root : /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019a

MATLAB Version : 9.6.0.1072779 (R2019a)

Operating System : Linux 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 29 17:46:05 UTC 2019 x86_64

Process ID : 27310

Processor ID : x86 Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel

Static TLS mitigation : Enabled: Full

Fault Count: 1

Abnormal termination:

Segmentation violation

Register State (from fault):

RAX = 00007f1a9800a800 RBX = 00007f1a98022970

RCX = 00007f1a97ffe9d0 RDX = 00007f1aaf783fa8

RSP = 00007f1a97ffe950 RBP = 00007f1a97ffe980

RSI = 0000000000000000 RDI = 00007f1a97ffe9d8

R8 = 0000000000000000 R9 = 0000000000000000

R10 = 0000000000000003 R11 = 0000000000000246

R12 = 00007f1aa63ea280 R13 = 00007f1a97ffea20

R14 = 00007f1a97ffec00 R15 = 00007f1a980229c0

RIP = 00007f1ac0dc6eab EFL = 0000000000010206

CS = 0033 FS = 0000 GS = 0000

Stack Trace (from fault):

[ 0] 0x00007f1ac0dc6eab /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019a/bin/glnxa64/libmwfoundation_usm.so+00081579 _ZN10foundation3usm10management10thisthread16ContextActivatorC1INS0_5scope3MvmEEERNS1_7ContextIT_EE+00000011

[ 1] 0x00007f1aa62abe30 /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019a/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00843312

[ 2] 0x00007f1aa62ac4b3 /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019a/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00844979

[ 3] 0x00007f1aa62acd24 /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019a/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00847140

** This crash report has been saved to disk as /home/dharmarathnes/matlab_crash_dump.27310-1 **

MATLAB is exiting because of fatal error

Killed

[Image Analyst]

Send the crash dump file to [e-mail]. Better yet, call them on the phone.

[Suranga Dharmarathne]

Thanks. Are they 24 hrs.

Answer 1

[Prasanna Sethuraman]

Remove .matlab/<version>/graphics.json in your home folder and matlab should start again.

[Jen-Chieh Hsueh]

it works! thanks.