MATLAB R2023a Not Loading on Linux

Hi, I have installed MATLAB r2023a on my Linux Machine (OpenSUSE Tumbleweed) and on executing matlab from the installed directory (which is under my home directory) I only get a warning about OpenGL software rendering (which is easily suppressed by ./matlab -nosoftwareopengl, for now). Following this, the process appears to terminate and no further output is given.

I have tried running with AppArmour disabled and see no log files written out. I have tried with -nodesktop, -nojvm and -nodisplay, each of which yield the same result. The JDK I am using is OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.19+0-suse-1.2-x8664).

Running with -logfile foo.log just writes an empty file.

Dumping environment variables (-e) yields the following; I do not see anything obviously wrong.

SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
LSCOLORS=Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1961,unix/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1961
WINDOWID=4194317
COLORTERM=truecolor
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/jackhunt/.config/kdedefaults:/etc/xdg:/usr/local/etc/xdg:/usr/etc/xdg
LESS=-M -I -R
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
GTK_IM_MODULE=cedilla
CONDA_EXE=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/miniconda3/bin/conda
_CE_M=
MATLAB=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a
MACHTYPE=x86_64
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
HISTSIZE=50000
LANGUAGE=
FROM_HEADER=
MINICOM=-c on
JAVA_ROOT=/usr/lib64/jvm/jre-openjdk
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib64/jvm/jre-openjdk
VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl
AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio
JRE_HOME=/usr/lib64/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXXXXXOk4D7i/agent.1820
CPU=x86_64
SHELL_SESSION_ID=f6e15bcf964d4239b9a835bdd004b0d3
JAVA_BINDIR=/usr/lib64/jvm/jre-openjdk/bin
OSG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/sys/openscenegraph/lib/glnxa64
XMODIFIERS=@im=local
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
SSH_AGENT_PID=1883
MATLABPATH=
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/jackhunt/.gtkrc:/home/jackhunt/.config/gtkrc
XCURSOR_SIZE=24
GPG_TTY=/dev/pts/1
EDITOR=emacs
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module
XDG_SEAT=seat0
PWD=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/bin
QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=pa
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE
LOGNAME=jackhunt
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
CONDA_PREFIX=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/miniconda3
MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/opt/cross/share/man
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=1961
BASEMATLABPATH=
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth_zJBvUd
LS_OPTIONS=-N --color=tty -T 0
XKEYSYMDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/jackhunt/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/jackhunt/.config/gtkrc-2.0
XNLSPATH=/usr/share/X11/nls
HOME=/home/jackhunt
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/ssh/ssh-askpass
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.43
PYTHONSTARTUP=/etc/pythonstart
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/1
PROFILEHOME=
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(base) 
TOOLBOX=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/toolbox
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
QT_IM_SWITCHER=imsw-multi
LESS_ADVANCED_PREPROCESSOR=no
INVOCATION_ID=923a6c48372945eaa7095d0d9bde41ec
KONSOLE_VERSION=230402
MANAGERPID=1810
ZNT_CONFIG_DIR=/home/jackhunt/.config/znt
XSESSION_IS_UP=yes
KDE_SESSION_UID=1000
PRE_LD_PRELOAD=
MOZ_GMP_PATH=/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/system-installed
LESSCLOSE=lessclose.sh %s %s
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
TERM=xterm-256color
ZSH=/home/jackhunt/.oh-my-zsh
_CE_CONDA=
G_FILENAME_ENCODING=@locale,UTF-8,ISO-8859-15,CP1252
HOST=localhost.localdomain
XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
LESSOPEN=lessopen.sh %s
ZNT_REPO_DIR=/home/jackhunt/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/zsh-navigation-tools
USER=jackhunt
COLORFGBG=15;0
CONDA_SHLVL=1
ARCH=glnxa64
KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5
MORE=-sl
CSHEDIT=emacs
DISPLAY=:0
SHLVL=2
WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/bin/startplasma-x11
PAGER=less
QT_IM_MODULE=xim
XDG_VTNR=2
XDG_SESSION_ID=1
CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/miniconda3/bin/python
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/sys/opengl/lib/glnxa64:/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/sys/os/glnxa64:/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/bin/glnxa64:/home/jackhunt/.MathWorks/9-geUM9mNKqnYZTZnxWapHkI281nA-5RxCQODDx26gE/bin/glnxa64:/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/extern/lib/glnxa64:/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64:/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/native_threads:/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/amd64/server
UPDATE_ZSH_DAYS=13
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=base
XFILESEARCHPATH=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/lib/locale/%L/%T/%N%S:
DEBUGINFOD_URLS=https://debuginfod.opensuse.org/
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
JOURNAL_STREAM=8:25145
MANPATHISSET=yes
XCURSOR_THEME=breeze_cursors
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/jackhunt/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
KDE_FULL_SESSION=true
VENDOR=suse
CONFIG_SITE=/usr/share/site/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
PATH=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/miniconda3/bin:/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/miniconda3/condabin:/home/jackhunt/.local/bin:/home/jackhunt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/cross/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
AUTOMOUNT_MAP=
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
PROFILEREAD=true
KDE_APPLICATIONS_AS_SCOPE=1
MAIL=/var/mail/jackhunt
HOSTTYPE=x86_64
LESSKEY=/usr/etc/lesskey.bin
OLDPWD=/home/jackhunt/mnt/DATA1/MATLAB/R2023a
_=/usr/bin/env

It seems that my system is likely missing some dependencies, however I am a little stumped as to how to figure out what these may be, given the lack of output. Are there any other ways to get launch debug output?

Many thanks,

Jack

[Jack Hunt]

To update, I have reinstalled as root (not to a subdir of my home directory) and the issue remains.

[Jack Hunt]

Ditto for running as root and running with firewalld stopped.

[Jack Hunt]

Found a stack trace

Jul 08 19:19:02 JackLaptop2 systemd-coredump[3208]: [🡕] Process 3183 (MathWorksProduc) of user 1000 dumped core.
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3203:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f7151da7c __pthread_kill_implementation (libc.so.6 + 0x8fa7c)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f714cc226 raise (libc.so.6 + 0x3e226)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f714b4897 abort (libc.so.6 + 0x26897)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f717477dc n/a (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xa27dc)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f717527b6 n/a (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xad7b6)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f71752821 _ZSt9terminatev (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xad821)
                                                    #6  0x00007f1f71752ab4 __cxa_throw (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xadab4)
                                                    #7  0x00007f1f6cd1583d n/a (libmwframeworkwindowmanagement.so + 0xc83d)
                                                    #8  0x00007f1f4f49110b n/a (libmwinteractivelauncher.so + 0x610b)
                                                    #9  0x00007f1f7177bd10 n/a (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xd6d10)
                                                    #10 0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #11 0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3190:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715181ce __futex_abstimed_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0x8a1ce)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f7151af10 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libc.so.6 + 0x8cf10)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f717767fc _ZNSt18condition_variable4waitERSt11unique_lockISt5mutexE (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xd17fc)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f67dc0b04 n/a (libmwconnectorcommon.so + 0x1c0b04)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f7177bd10 n/a (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xd6d10)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #6  0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3194:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715181ce __futex_abstimed_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0x8a1ce)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f7151af10 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libc.so.6 + 0x8cf10)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f668df0eb _ZN4Poco9EventImpl8waitImplEv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0xdb0eb)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f6692f5b5 _ZN4Poco12PooledThread3runEv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x12b5b5)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f6692cc67 _ZN4Poco10ThreadImpl13runnableEntryEPv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x128c67)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #6  0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3191:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715181ce __futex_abstimed_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0x8a1ce)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f7151b235 pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libc.so.6 + 0x8d235)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f668df26e _ZN4Poco9EventImpl8waitImplEl (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0xdb26e)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f66903067 _ZN4Poco17NotificationQueue23waitDequeueNotificationEl (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0xff067)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f64f5758b _ZN4Poco3Net19TCPServerDispatcher3runEv (libPocoNet.so.60 + 0xcf58b)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f6692f51e _ZN4Poco12PooledThread3runEv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x12b51e)
                                                    #6  0x00007f1f6692cc67 _ZN4Poco10ThreadImpl13runnableEntryEPv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x128c67)
                                                    #7  0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #8  0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3189:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715181ce __futex_abstimed_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0x8a1ce)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f7151b235 pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libc.so.6 + 0x8d235)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f70df12d5 _ZNSt3_V222condition_variable_any10wait_untilISt11unique_lockISt12shared_mutexENSt6chrono3_V212steady_clockENS5_8durationIlSt5ratioILl1ELl1000000000EEEEEESt9cv_statusRT_RKNS5_10time_pointIT0_T1_>
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f70de95e9 n/a (libmwfoundation_threadpool.so + 0x275e9)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f70dea02c n/a (libmwfoundation_threadpool.so + 0x2802c)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f70deacb9 n/a (libmwfoundation_threadpool.so + 0x28cb9)
                                                    #6  0x00007f1f7177bd10 n/a (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xd6d10)
                                                    #7  0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #8  0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3193:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715181ce __futex_abstimed_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0x8a1ce)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f7151af10 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libc.so.6 + 0x8cf10)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f668df0eb _ZN4Poco9EventImpl8waitImplEv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0xdb0eb)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f6692f5b5 _ZN4Poco12PooledThread3runEv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x12b5b5)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f6692cc67 _ZN4Poco10ThreadImpl13runnableEntryEPv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x128c67)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #6  0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3192:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715181ce __futex_abstimed_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0x8a1ce)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f7151af10 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libc.so.6 + 0x8cf10)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f668df0eb _ZN4Poco9EventImpl8waitImplEv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0xdb0eb)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f6692f5b5 _ZN4Poco12PooledThread3runEv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x12b5b5)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f6692cc67 _ZN4Poco10ThreadImpl13runnableEntryEPv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x128c67)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #6  0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3195:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715a3986 epoll_wait (libc.so.6 + 0x115986)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f64f43444 _ZN4Poco3Net10SocketImpl4pollERKNS_8TimespanEi (libPocoNet.so.60 + 0xbb444)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f64f47b8f _ZN4Poco3Net9TCPServer3runEv (libPocoNet.so.60 + 0xbfb8f)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f6692cc67 _ZN4Poco10ThreadImpl13runnableEntryEPv (libPocoFoundation.so.60 + 0x128c67)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3202:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715181ce __futex_abstimed_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0x8a1ce)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f7151b235 pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libc.so.6 + 0x8d235)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f67dc727e _ZN9connector6common11TickManager8tickLoopEv (libmwconnectorcommon.so + 0x1c727e)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f7177bd10 n/a (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xd6d10)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f7151bc24 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x8dc24)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f715a3510 __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x115510)
                                                    
                                                    Stack trace of thread 3183:
                                                    #0  0x00007f1f715181ce __futex_abstimed_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0x8a1ce)
                                                    #1  0x00007f1f7151d7f3 __pthread_clockjoin_ex (libc.so.6 + 0x8f7f3)
                                                    #2  0x00007f1f7177bf23 _ZNSt6thread4joinEv (libstdc++.so.6 + 0xd6f23)
                                                    #3  0x00007f1f4f491071 n/a (libmwinteractivelauncher.so + 0x6071)
                                                    #4  0x00007f1f4f49151d n/a (libmwinteractivelauncher.so + 0x651d)
                                                    #5  0x00007f1f6d97543b _ZNK9framework8launcher8Launcher10runServiceERKNS0_18LauncherPropertiesERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEE (libmwframeworklauncher.so + 0x643b)
                                                    #6  0x00007f1f6d9752b0 _ZN9framework8launcher8Launcher6launchERKNS0_18LauncherPropertiesE (libmwframeworklauncher.so + 0x62b0)
                                                    #7  0x00007f1f6dbe8d6a n/a (libmwinteractiveprodauthlauncher.so + 0x1fd6a)
                                                    #8  0x00007f1f6dbe6900 n/a (libmwinteractiveprodauthlauncher.so + 0x1d900)
                                                    #9  0x000000000040df00 n/a (MathWorksProductAuthorizer + 0xdf00)
                                                    #10 0x000000000040794a n/a (MathWorksProductAuthorizer + 0x794a)
                                                    #11 0x00007f1f714b5bb0 __libc_start_call_main (libc.so.6 + 0x27bb0)
                                                    #12 0x00007f1f714b5c79 __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 (libc.so.6 + 0x27c79)
                                                    #13 0x0000000000407a1a n/a (MathWorksProductAuthorizer + 0x7a1a)
                                                    ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

If you don't get an answer here this weekend, then your fastest route to success might be the FAQ:

https://matlab.fandom.com/wiki/FAQ#After_installation,_MATLAB_crashes_or_gives_an_error_message_when_I_try_to_run_MATLAB.

[Jack Hunt]

Thanks, I have just been reading through the relevant parts of the wiki. No luck. I think my next port of call will be Mathworks support as there really seems to be nothing at all to go on, no logs, errors etc.