MATLAB: Do I get a Segmentation Fault on 64 bit machines running MATLAB R14 SP1 or SP2 64bit

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MATLAB crashes with a Segmentation Fault on an AMD Opteron 64 bit machines and Intel EM64T machines running Redhat Enterprise Workstation 3.0. No matlab_crash_dump or hs_err files are created. No error message given other than "Segmentation Fault". MATLAB stopped working once the OS was updated from their website.

Best Answer

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:
This is a known issue. To resolve this, follow the directions given below:
1. Open the .matlab7rc.sh file in your $MATLAB/bin folder, where $MATLAB is your MATLAB installation directory.
2. Add the following two lines to the beginning of the .matlab7rc.sh file:
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
3. Restart MATLAB.
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