MATLAB freezes entire OS (Linux Mint "Tara" 19) on splashscreen, -nojvm works just fine.

Hi All,

When I start up MATLAB on my Lenovo Ideapad 330 (OS: Linux Mint "Tara" 19) (and I've tried MATLAB 2018a, 2017a, 2015b) my CPU fans start like crazy and it leads to an entire system stall, forcing me to restart the computer. I've tried to output any errors using:

"matlab -desktop -logfile test.log"

but the log file is empty even after leaving the computer stalled for a long time. It doesn't completely stall, in that occasionally I'll gain control back of my mouse or some of the interface (occasionally long enough for me to close the terminal, if I'm lucky).

Now, MATLAB runs just fine if I provide it with the -nojvm option. It crashes if I just run -nodesktop, but if I run -nojvm it runs just fine, which leads me to believe it's a java issue. I tried installing a new version of Java, Java 8, but it didn't seem to change anything:

"sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer"

Thanks for any input!

Jon

[Jonathan O'Rawe]

I forgot to mention, it's stalling at the splash screen, it never boots completely.

[Andreu Angles Castillo]

I have exactly the same issue, but on Ubuntu. -nojvm option works, but it freezes otherwise. I have tried several java versions but still no succes.

Answer 1

[Kartik Mittal]

You are correct about this being a Java issue.

You can try configuring the Java environment for MATLAB again. Refer to the following links -

https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler_sdk/java/configure-your-java-environment.html https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/130360-how-do-i-change-the-java-virtual-machine-jvm-that-matlab-is-using-for-linux

[Jonathan O'Rawe]

I have tried configuring JRE 6,7,8,9, and 10. None seem to work on my system, each leads to a whole system stall. I have the same install of Linux on another computer that can run matlab with no issues, so it seems to be a java issue interacting with this particular laptop.

[Huy Pham]

Same exact issue on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.

[Pepijn Marcus]

Also having these issues. Did changing to another JRE solve your problem or did you find another way of resolving it?

[Tim Burke]

Same issue. Has anyone found a solution?

[Huy Pham]

Still having this issue. I did switch to JRE with no improvements.

[Ernesto Menendez]

Same issue here. OS hangs and I need to perform a hard shutdown.

[Aman Malekar]

I tried the given suggestion, but it did not work. I cannot use Matlab in Ubuntu 18.04. Downloaded two different versions of MATLAB but no luck. Can anyone suggest a fix please?

[Vanny Ezhaan Nur Sandika]

i tried to upgrade bios version and eventually give me same condition with previous one