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erosion

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[SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to get MATLAB R2025b running on my fully updated Arch Linux system, but it crashes immediately on launch with a segmentation fault.

I followed the official Arch Wiki guide and installed MATLAB using mpm. The installation completed successfully, but the program will not start.

Here is the full crash report generated by MATLAB:

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          Segmentation violation detected at 2025-10-05 22:39:28 +0800
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Configuration:
  Crash Decoding           : Disabled - No sandbox or build area path
  Crash Mode               : continue (default)
  Default Encoding         : UTF-8
  Desktop Environment      : KDE
  GNU C Library            : 2.42 stable
  MATLAB Architecture      : glnxa64
  MATLAB Root              : /home/joe/matlab
  MATLAB Version           : 25.2.0.2998904 (R2025b)
  Operating System         : "Arch Linux"
  Process ID               : 95776
  Processor ID             : x86 Family 25 Model 68 Stepping 1, AuthenticAMD

Fault Count: 1


Abnormal termination:
Segmentation violation

Current Thread: 'MCR 0 interpret' id 140682232579776

Register State (from fault):
  RAX = 0000000000000000  RBX = 00007ff3227f9d48
  RCX = 00007ff3eda3bcc0  RDX = 00007ff3eda130c0
  RSP = 00007ff3227f9cb0  RBP = 00007ff390699900
  RSI = 0000000000001000  RDI = 0000000000000000

   R8 = 00007ff3eda39f20   R9 = 00007ff3eda39fa0
  R10 = 00007ff3eda3a138  R11 = 00007ff3eda3a140
  R12 = 0000000000000000  R13 = 00007ff3227f9cd0
  R14 = 00007ff3227f9ce0  R15 = 0000000000000000

  RIP = 00007ff3906d3008  EFL = 0000000000010246

   CS = 0033   FS = 0000   GS = 0000

Stack Trace (from fault):
[  0] 0x00007ff3906d3008 /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/connector_plugins/notifications/subscriber_impl/../../../../../bin/glnxa64/libmwinstall_activationwsclientimpl.so+00499720 lc_new_job+00000216
[  1] 0x00007ff32035cc1f /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/matlab_startup_plugins/lmgrimpl/libmwlmgrimpl.so+01428511
[  2] 0x00007ff32035d6a5 /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/matlab_startup_plugins/lmgrimpl/libmwlmgrimpl.so+01431205
[  3] 0x00007ff3203c6ee4 /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/matlab_startup_plugins/lmgrimpl/libmwlmgrimpl.so+01863396
[  4] 0x00007ff32035fac6 /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/matlab_startup_plugins/lmgrimpl/libmwlmgrimpl.so+01440454
[  5] 0x00007ff32035e4ed /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/matlab_startup_plugins/lmgrimpl/libmwlmgrimpl.so+01434861
[  6] 0x00007ff32038ebb0 /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/matlab_startup_plugins/lmgrimpl/libmwlmgrimpl.so+01633200
[  7] 0x00007ff3443133a7 /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/authz/licensing/product/matlab_impl/mwlicensingproductmatlab.so+00160679
[  8] 0x00007ff443d3a656 /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/factory_settings/compute/project/settings/../../../../../../bin/glnxa64/libmwservices.so+03384918 _ZN15MatlabLicensing11getInstanceEPKN4lmgr6config17LmStartPropertiesE+00002454
[  9] 0x00007ff4417cda61           /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00838241
[ 10] 0x00007ff4417e000d           /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00913421
[ 11] 0x00007ff4417bc4fa           /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00767226
[ 12] 0x00007ff4417bc9bd           /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00768445
[ 13] 0x00007ff452032b17 /home/joe/matlab/bin/glnxa64/libmwboost_thread.so.1.81.0+00043799
[ 14] 0x00007ff451a969cb                                 /usr/lib/libc.so.6+00616907
[ 15] 0x00007ff451b1aa0c                                 /usr/lib/libc.so.6+01157644

Based on the troubleshooting section of the wiki and other forum posts, I have already tried the following:

1. Preloading libfreetype:

   LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 /home/joe/matlab/bin/matlab

   This did not work and produced the same segmentation fault.

2. Preloading a combination of libstdc++ and boost libraries:

   LD_PRELOAD="libstdc++.so.6 libboost_filesystem.so.1.81.0 libboost_thread.so.1.81.0" /home/joe/matlab/bin/matlab

   This also failed. It seems I do not have this exact version of the boost libraries, as I received the following errors before MATLAB crashed again:

   ERROR: ld.so: object 'libboost_filesystem.so.1.81.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
   ERROR: ld.so: object 'libboost_thread.so.1.81.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.

The crash always seems to happen inside libmwinstall_activationwsclientimpl.so, which suggests an issue with licensing or activation, possibly due to an incompatible library that it depends on (like NSS or boost).

Has anyone else encountered this issue with R2025b? Is there a different set of libraries I should be preloading, or is there a better way to resolve this conflict?

For context, I am installing MATLAB purely for learning purposes. I don't specifically need the latest version. I would be happy to install any version from 2020 onwards if there's one that is known to be more stable on a modern Arch Linux system.

Thank you in advance for any help

Last edited by erosion (2025-10-07 07:27:34)

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Re: [SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

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Re: [SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

I resolved following that comment: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 9#p2254979
It works for Matlab 2025b. I installed it using mpm.

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Re: [SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
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Re: [SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

@seth wrong person

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Re: [SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

Mod note: moving to AUR Issues

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erosion

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Re: [SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

I resolved following that comment: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 9#p2254979
It works for Matlab 2025b. I installed it using mpm.

I will follow you guide, thanks for you replay.

erosion

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Registered: 2025-10-05

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Re: [SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

I resolved following that comment: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 9#p2254979
It works for Matlab 2025b. I installed it using mpm.

Thank you so much. I resolved it.

erosion

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Re: [SOLVED] MATLAB R2025b Segmentation Fault on startup

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

I'm sorry that it seems that I cannot add [SOLVED] to my subject. I'm the new, and could you please tell me how to do this?