MATLAB fails to start on Fedora 28 (desktop)

I have a new installation of 2018a that fails to start the desktop. That is, it puts the splash page up, but doesn't make any more progress. The process monitor shows that MATLAB is using 100% of one core.

It works when started with the -nodisplay or -nodesktop options. The -softwareopengl option doesn't help.

I had a 2017b installation that worked on this computer, up to the point of frequent crashes that caused me to download the latest update.

This is a Fedora 28 system. Output from "uname -a": Linux hesperus.pmc 4.16.15-300.fc28.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 12 00:42:35 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Have you seen this before?

Answer 1

[Pinkesh Narsinghani]

Hi Matt,

Go through the following link and I hope you'll be able to resolve the issue:

MATLAB R2018a does not start on Fedora 28

Also, If the issue persists you can go through the following link:

Why does MATLAB crash on Linux Fedora 26 with a segmentation violation (R2017b or later)?

Hope it helps,

Pinkesh

Answer 2

[Matt Perini]

Yes, thank you. I don't know why I didn't see that issue. (MATLAB R2018a does not start on Fedora 28) Matt