MATLAB 2010b: Segmentation violation when running plotting commands on WSL2/Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I haven't found a solution or workaround for this segmentation violation issue, and I know this older version of MATLAB (2010b) isn't supported on newer versions of Linux (e.g. 20.04 LTS) or on WSL2. But that is what I'd like to get working. I have X windows applications working fine, and MATLAB otherwise seems to be working.

Can reproduce this segmentation violation in many different ways. One easy way is with these commands:

>>figure()

>>plot(1)

Here's the error messages:

MATLAB crash file:/home/remoteuser04/matlab_crash_dump.1390:

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Segmentation violation detected at Tue May 23 10:04:01 2023

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Configuration:

MATLAB Version: 7.11.2.1031 (R2010b) Service Pack 2

MATLAB License: DEMO

Operating System: Linux 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Fri Jan 27 02:56:13 UTC 2023 x86_64

GNU C Library: 2.31 stable

Window System: Microsoft Corporation (12010000), display :0

Current Visual: 0x23 (class 4, depth 24)

Processor ID: x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel

Virtual Machine: Java 1.6.0_17-b04 with Sun Microsystems Inc. Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode

Default Encoding: UTF-8

Fault Count: 1

Abnormal termination:

Register State (from fault):

RAX = 0000000000000000 RBX = 0000000000000000

RCX = 0000000000000000 RDX = 0000000000000000

RSP = 00007f9999053de8 RBP = 00007f998c054670

RSI = 000000003e07c725 RDI = 0000000000000000

R8 = 0000000000000007 R9 = 00312d3634363031

R10 = 00007f9999053c70 R11 = 0000000000000000

R12 = 0000000000000000 R13 = 00007f998e59f810

R14 = 0000000000000000 R15 = 000000000000000a

RIP = 00007f99a42096e5 EFL = 0000000000010283

CS = 0033 FS = 0000 GS = 0000

Stack Trace (from fault):

[ 0] 0x00007f99a633a0a9 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwfl.so+00454825 fl::sysdep::linux::unwind_stack(void const**, unsigned long, unsigned long, fl::diag::thread_context const&)+000009

[ 1] 0x00007f99a62f3111 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwfl.so+00164113 fl::diag::stacktrace_base::capture(fl::diag::thread_context const&, unsigned long)+000161

[ 2] 0x00007f99a62fc42d /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwfl.so+00201773

[ 3] 0x00007f99a62fc6b4 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwfl.so+00202420 fl::diag::terminate_log(char const*, fl::diag::thread_context const&, bool)+000100

[ 4] 0x00007f99a53cf5a7 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00365991

[ 5] 0x00007f99a4287420 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0+00082976

[ 6] 0x00007f99a42096e5 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+01607397

[ 7] 0x00007f999a880c18 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6+00134168 XLoadQueryFont+000056

[ 8] 0x00007f999d6cf357 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00324439

[ 9] 0x00007f999d6cfd6d /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00327021 UIX_AllocateSystemFont(mxFont*)+000285

[ 10] 0x00007f999d6cfe19 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00327193

[ 11] 0x00007f999f0a776f /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwgui.so+00579439 wm_SetUnadjWindowFont(WinRec_tag*, mxFont*)+000095

[ 12] 0x00007f999f0a78fb /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwgui.so+00579835 wm_GetDeviceFontExtent(WinRec_tag*, mxFont*, char const*, double, mwrect*)+000219

[ 13] 0x00007f999f0c68db /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwgui.so+00706779 uiGetDeviceFont+000875

[ 14] 0x00007f999f0c6a51 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwgui.so+00707153 uiSetWindowFont(WinRec_tag*, mxFont*)+000017

[ 15] 0x00007f999f0a79ef /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwgui.so+00580079 wm_SetWindowFont(WinRec_tag*, mxFont*)+000095

[ 16] 0x00007f999e8f3d38 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwhg.so+03321144

[ 17] 0x00007f999f0dfe58 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwgui.so+00810584 gui_objects::tickpicker::nicefyLimits(gui_objects::tickpicker::AxisDescriptor&, gui_objects::tickpicker::AxisType)+000168

[ 18] 0x00007f999f0e0333 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwgui.so+00811827 gui_objects::tickpicker::nicefyLimits(gui_objects::tickpicker::AxisDescriptor&)+000019

[ 19] 0x00007f999e8f4272 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwhg.so+03322482

[ 20] 0x00007f999e854a4b /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwhg.so+02669131

[ 21] 0x00007f999e92dedd /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwhg.so+03559133 GO_TransformObject+000013

[ 22] 0x00007f999fc8ba77 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwudd.so+00412279 udiToEachSiblingObjectBackward+000087

[ 23] 0x00007f999e8f891c /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwhg.so+03340572

[ 24] 0x00007f999e8736e6 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwhg.so+02795238

[ 25] 0x00007f999e956650 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwhg.so+03724880

[ 26] 0x00007f999e877f11 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwhg.so+02813713

[ 27] 0x00007f999f0b1639 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwgui.so+00620089 wm_ExposeFcn_Pre_Optional(WinRec_tag*, bool)+000137

[ 28] 0x00007f999e101b73 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libuij.so+00199539

[ 29] 0x00007f999e104537 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libuij.so+00210231 UIJ_ExposeFcn(WinRec_tag*, mwrect*, bool)+000631

[ 30] 0x00007f999e0e73aa /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libuij.so+00091050

[ 31] 0x00007f999e1002af /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libuij.so+00193199

[ 32] 0x00007f999fcb9545 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwudd.so+00599365

[ 33] 0x00007f999de63a12 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwudd_mi.so+00203282

[ 34] 0x00007f999d6e95d5 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00431573

[ 35] 0x00007f999d6f72a0 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00488096

[ 36] 0x00007f999d6f759c /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00488860

[ 37] 0x00007f99a5604d67 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00093543

[ 38] 0x00007f99a5604f49 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00094025

[ 39] 0x00007f99a560540c /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00095244

[ 40] 0x00007f99a5605743 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00096067

[ 41] 0x00007f99a5607b4b /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00105291

[ 42] 0x00007f99a5607d0d /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00105741

[ 43] 0x00007f99a5608233 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwbridge.so+00107059 mnParser+000499

[ 44] 0x00007f99a53bcf89 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00290697 mcrInstance::mnParser_on_interpreter_thread()+000041

[ 45] 0x00007f99a53a54af /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00193711

[ 46] 0x00007f99a53a0d26 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00175398

[ 47] 0x00007f999d6e95d5 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00431573

[ 48] 0x00007f999d6f29cd /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwuix.so+00469453

[ 49] 0x00007f999e10921d /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libuij.so+00229917 sysq::during_F<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>, boost::shared_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook> > std::for_each<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>*, std::vector<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>, std::allocator<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook> > > >, sysq::during_F<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>, boost::shared_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook> > >(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>*, std::vector<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>, std::allocator<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook> > > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>*, std::vector<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>, std::allocator<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook> > > >, sysq::during_F<boost::weak_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook>, boost::shared_ptr<sysq::ws_ppeHook> >)+000077

[ 50] 0x00007f999e10aae9 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libuij.so+00236265

[ 51] 0x00007f999e1075ea /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libuij.so+00222698 svWS_ProcessPendingEvents(int, int, bool)+000506

[ 52] 0x00007f99a53a2e6f /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00183919

[ 53] 0x00007f99a53a3715 /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00186133

[ 54] 0x00007f99a53a39de /home/remoteuser04/downloads/MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/../../bin/glnxa64/libmwmcr.so+00186846

[ 55] 0x00007f99a427b609 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0+00034313

[ 56] 0x00007f99a41a0133 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+01175859 clone+000067

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[Rik]

I can't help you to get it to work. Why exactly do you want to use this combination of OS and release?

[Eric]

We have an old MATLAB code base that will take significant effort and time to update for newer versions of MATLAB. We run on a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server. To develop for this environment on a Windows laptop, would prefer to use WSL2 if it will work, and will fallback to Ubuntu on VirtualBox.

[Rik]

How much of the code is specific to Linux? Because one of the nice things about Matlab is that just about everything is portable between operating systems. So you could also use R2010b on Windows to dev.

In my experience, there isn't that much code that doesn't work in newer releases, so you could even use a new release and test on the old release. That is what I do for the functions I write. I try to ensure all my functions work starting from version 6.5 and Octave 4 on Windows, Ubuntu, and MacOS, so I know what I'm talking about here in terms of portable code.

[Eric]

Hi Rik,

These are good questions. I'm just getting to know this particular code base, but I will say its large and has been developed over many years. I'll be assessing over the coming days how about much effort to move to a newer version of MATLAB. Also on cross-platform compatability. I know the segmentation violation does not occur in MATLAB 2023a.

Thanks !

[Rik]

This function might help if you need a different execution branch when writing on a newer release: ifversion.

Answer 1

[Andreas Bonelli]

Hi Eric,

just curious, have you been able to solve that problem? Seems like I'm having the same issue with the same version of Matlab. I even run into the same issue in VMs with Ubuntu 18.04 (which everything ran on smoothly previously).

Thanks, Andreas