MATLAB: Segmentation violation detected on startup

crashfatalMATLABr2016asegmentationUbuntu

Hi I'm new to Matlab and trying to install on Ubuntu 16.04. After installing matlab, it keeps crashing on startup. Please find the crash report. II have tried installing matlab-support as well.
Configuration:
Crash Decoding      : Disabled
Crash Mode          : continue (default)
Current Graphics Driver: Unknown hardware 
Current Visual      : 0x6d (class 4, depth 24)
Default Encoding    : UTF-8
GNU C Library       : 2.23 stable
Host Name           : rnavagamuwa-XPS-15-9550
MATLAB Architecture : glnxa64
MATLAB Root         : /opt/matlab/R2016a
MATLAB Version      : 9.0.0.341360 (R2016a)
OpenGL              : hardware
Operating System    : Linux 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:07:12 UTC 2016 x86_64
Processor ID        : x86 Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
Virtual Machine     : Java 1.7.0_60-b19 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode
Window System       : The X.Org Foundation (11803000), display :0
 Fault Count: 1
 Abnormal termination:
 Segmentation violation
 Register State (from fault):
  RAX = 00007fa8691d8e40  RBX = 0000000000000000
  RCX = 0000000000000001  RDX = 00000000000000a8
  RSP = 00007fa8691d8e10  RBP = 00007fa85c08d7f0
  RSI = 00007fa8691d8ee8  RDI = 00007fa8691d8e40
   R8 = 0000000000000000   R9 = 0000000000000001
  R10 = 00007fa85c565b20  R11 = 0000000000000000
  R12 = 00007fa85c366c20  R13 = 00007fa85c08d7f0
  R14 = 00007fa85c426250  R15 = 00007fa85c3628d0
RIP = 00007fa82b45824d  EFL = 0000000000010206
   CS = 0033   FS = 0000   GS = 0000
 Stack Trace (from fault):
 [  0] 0x00007fa82b45824d             /usr/lib/nvidia-361/libGLX_nvidia.so.0+00344653
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 Thank you for your help.** This crash report has been saved to disk as /home/rnavagamuwa/matlab_crash_dump.4715-1 **
 MATLAB is exiting because of fatal error

Best Answer

I found a temporary solution for this bug. Add -softwareopengl flag and run. A bug in the nvidia driver is causing this issue. https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/926199/linux/361-28-crashes-matlab-r2016a/
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