Segmentation violation Mac on startup

Hello, just wondering why this is happening on boot up, have completely reinstalled Matlab, and fully updated the OS.

Thanks

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       Segmentation violation detected at Thu Mar 30 21:52:01 2017
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Configuration:
  Crash Decoding      : Disabled - No sandbox or build area path
  Crash Mode          : continue (default)
  Current Graphics Driver: Unknown hardware 
  Current Visual      : Quartz
  Default Encoding    : ISO-8859-1
  Deployed            : false
  Host Name           : Matthew-A-MacBook-Pro.local
  MATLAB Architecture : maci64
  MATLAB Entitlement ID: 1930218
  MATLAB Root         : /Applications/MATLAB_R2017a.app
  MATLAB Version      : 9.2.0.538062 (R2017a)
  OpenGL              : hardware
  Operating System    : Darwin 16.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.5.0: Fri Mar  3 16:52:33 PST 2017; root:xnu-3789.51.2~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
  Processor ID        : x86 Family 6 Model 70 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel
  Virtual Machine     : Java 1.7.0_75-b13 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode
  Window System       : Quartz

Fault Count: 1

Abnormal termination:
Segmentation violation

Register State (from fault):
  RAX = 000000010f6a2000  RBX = 00007fcdafa36038
  RCX = 0000000000000000  RDX = 0000618004c3ec40
  RSP = 2a3c6779e26f0065  RBP = 00007fff9c89ce2c
  RSI = 00007000013d6ad0  RDI = 0000618004c3ec40

     R8 = 0000618004c3ea60   R9 = 00007fcdafa35eb8
    R10 = 0000000113b6c00c  R11 = 0000000000000000
    R12 = 0000618004c3ea00  R13 = 00007000013d6b10
    R14 = 0000000113b6839a  R15 = 00007fcdafa36039

    RIP = 001dffffa1fbc311  RFL = 000000000002ef01

     CS = 0000618001c75120   FS = 00007fcdafa35eb8   GS = 0000618001c75140

Stack Trace (from fault):
[  0] 0x000000010d7936b4                           bin/maci64/libmwfl.dylib+00034484 _ZN2fl4diag15stacktrace_base7captureERKNS0_14thread_contextEm+00000052
[  1] 0x000000010d79706a                           bin/maci64/libmwfl.dylib+00049258 _ZN2fl4test17terminate_handledEv+00000810
[  2] 0x000000010d796ad9                           bin/maci64/libmwfl.dylib+00047833 _ZN2fl4diag13terminate_logEPKcPK17__darwin_ucontext+00000185
[  3] 0x000000010f9ce591                          bin/maci64/libmwmcr.dylib+00435601 _Z19mnPrintErrorMessageRKNSt3__112basic_stringIcNS_11char_traitsIcEENS_9allocatorIcEEEE+00002081
[  4] 0x000000010f9cdee0                          bin/maci64/libmwmcr.dylib+00433888 _Z19mnPrintErrorMessageRKNSt3__112basic_stringIcNS_11char_traitsIcEENS_9allocatorIcEEEE+00000368
[  5] 0x000000010f9cc8da                          bin/maci64/libmwmcr.dylib+00428250 mnFatalSignalHandler+00000154
[  6] 0x00007fff9c928b3a           /usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib+00011066 _sigtramp+00000026
[  7] 0x00007fffa560e070                  /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib+149684336 __stack_chk_guard+00000000
[  8] 0x000000012f02394b            bin/maci64/libmwconnectorhttpimpl.dylib+00231755 _ZNK9connector4http14PocoHttpServer18getRoutableAddressEv+00000155
[  9] 0x000000012effa73e            bin/maci64/libmwconnectorhttpimpl.dylib+00063294 _ZN9connector4http30HttpManagerServiceProviderImpl15makeReadyStatusERKNSt3__112basic_stringIcNS2_11char_traitsIcEENS2_9allocatorIcEEEE+00000222
[ 10] 0x000000012effa60d            bin/maci64/libmwconnectorhttpimpl.dylib+00062989 _ZN9connector4http30HttpManagerServiceProviderImpl6handleEONSt3__110unique_ptrINS0_15StartHttpServerENS2_14default_deleteIS4_EEEEONS_7AddressEONS2_10shared_ptrINS_7ContextEEE+00000093
[ 11] 0x000000012f6e1c5b             bin/maci64/libmwconnectorhttpapi.dylib+00015451 _ZN9connector4http24HttpServerStatusResponseD0Ev+00001003
[ 12] 0x000000012effb35a            bin/maci64/libmwconnectorhttpimpl.dylib+00066394 _ZN9connector15makeReadyFutureINSt3__110unique_ptrINS_7MessageENS1_14default_deleteIS3_EEEEEENS_6FutureINS1_5decayIT_E4typeEEEOS9_+00000794
[ 13] 0x00000001296b551e       bin/maci64/libmwconnectorframeworkimpl.dylib+00025886 _ZN9connector14ConnectorImpl26handleEONSt3__110unique_ptrINS_7MessageENS1_14default_deleteIS3_EEEEONS_7AddressEONS1_10shared_ptrINS_7ContextEEE+00001326
[ 14] 0x00000001296bce7c       bin/maci64/libmwconnectorframeworkimpl.dylib+00056956 _ZN9connector11ContextImpl6handleEONSt3__110unique_ptrINS_7MessageENS1_14default_deleteIS3_EEEEONS_7AddressE+00000124
[ 15] 0x000000012f306c6a            bin/maci64/libmwconnectorjsonimpl.dylib+00003178 _ZN9connector4json31JsonDeserializerServiceProvider6handleEONSt3__110unique_ptrINS0_13OpaqueMessageENS2_14default_deleteIS4_EEEEONS_7AddressEONS2_10shared_ptrINS_7ContextEEE+00000234
[ 16] 0x000000012845c5bb             bin/maci64/libmwconnectorjsonapi.dylib+00005563 _ZN9connector4json13OpaqueMessageD0Ev+00000251
[ 17] 0x000000012f30702a            bin/maci64/libmwconnectorjsonimpl.dylib+00004138 _ZN9connector4json31JsonDeserializerServiceProvider6handleEONSt3__110unique_ptrINS0_13OpaqueMessageENS2_14default_deleteIS4_EEEEONS_7AddressEONS2_10shared_ptrINS_7ContextEEE+00001194
[ 18] 0x00000001296b551e       bin/maci64/libmwconnectorframeworkimpl.dylib+00025886 _ZN9connector14ConnectorImpl26handleEONSt3__110unique_ptrINS_7MessageENS1_14default_deleteIS3_EEEEONS_7AddressEONS1_10shared_ptrINS_7ContextEEE+00001326
[ 19] 0x00000001296bce7c       bin/maci64/libmwconnectorframeworkimpl.dylib+00056956 _ZN9connector11ContextImpl6handleEONSt3__110unique_ptrINS_7MessageENS1_14default_deleteIS3_EEEEONS_7AddressE+00000124
[ 20] 0x000000012fc84481       bin/maci64/libmwconnectornativebridgem.dylib+00009345 _ZN9connector15native_bridge_m6Bridge13handleMessageEONSt3__110unique_ptrINS_7MessageENS2_14default_deleteIS4_EEEEONS_7AddressEPP11mxArray_tag+00000113
[ 21] 0x000000012fc83dc4       bin/maci64/libmwconnectornativebridgem.dylib+00007620 _ZN9connector15native_bridge_m10bridgeSyncEiPP11mxArray_tagiPPKS1_+00000164
[ 22] 0x000000010fa9b5e7                 bin/maci64/libmwm_dispatcher.dylib+00128487 _ZN9MathWorks10Dispatcher18NamedFuncExceptionD2Ev+00001319
[ 23] 0x000000010fa80c19                 bin/maci64/libmwm_dispatcher.dylib+00019481 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000505
[ 24] 0x0000000118b2e0a6                    bin/maci64/libmwmcos_impl.dylib+02359462 _ZN19Mobject_system_impl11callBuiltinEPKciPP11mxArray_tagiS4_+00000870
[ 25] 0x000000010fad5fa0                 bin/maci64/libmwm_dispatcher.dylib+00368544 _Z21mdBuiltinAsBuiltinFcniPP11mxArray_tagiS1_+00000416
[ 26] 0x000000010fa9b5e7                 bin/maci64/libmwm_dispatcher.dylib+00128487 _ZN9MathWorks10Dispatcher18NamedFuncExceptionD2Ev+00001319
[ 27] 0x000000010fa80c19                 bin/maci64/libmwm_dispatcher.dylib+00019481 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000505
[ 28] 0x000000011140520b                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+09708043 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe17LxeDispatcherImpl12apply_handleEPNS0_29DispatcherFunctionHandleTokenEmPNS0_6xvalueEmPKS4_+00000891
[ 29] 0x00000001114783de                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+10179550 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe38cpp_primitive_template_fn_with_contextIXadL_ZNS0_12apply_handleEPvNS_2ts4TypeEPKvS2_S2_EEEEbS2_S4_S6_S2_S2_+00000014
[ 30] 0x0000000110c4a614                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+01603092 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe13IrInterpreter17ApplyCppPrimitiveEPN2ir4termES4_RKNS_2ts4TypeES8_+00000404
[ 31] 0x0000000110c49a10                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+01600016 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe13IrInterpreter31process_application_of_constantEPN2ir4termE+00001216
[ 32] 0x0000000110c48081                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+01593473 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe13IrInterpreter13applyConstantEPN2ir4termE+00000081
[ 33] 0x0000000110c440fc                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+01577212 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe12IRTreeWalker9applyTermEPN2ir4termE+00000092
[ 34] 0x0000000110c444f3                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+01578227 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe12IRTreeWalker11getNextIRPCENS0_9irpc_typeE+00000563
[ 35] 0x0000000110c47e27                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+01592871 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe13IrInterpreter9tree_walkERKNS0_9irpc_typeES4_+00000215
[ 36] 0x0000000110c47d0b                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+01592587 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe13IrInterpreter9InterpretEv+00000091
[ 37] 0x0000000110d6c674                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+02791028 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe15ExecutionDriver9ThreadRunEv+00005604
[ 38] 0x0000000110d725ec                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+02815468 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe12IrEngineImpl5ApplyERKN2ir4termEPvS6_+00000300
[ 39] 0x00000001112db05f                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08487007 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe17IrEngineDecorator5ApplyERKN2ir4termEPvS6_+00000159
[ 40] 0x000000011129b31f                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08225567 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9Evaluator15ApplyStatementsERKN2ir4termERNS0_18IEvaluationContextE+00000415
[ 41] 0x000000011129e936                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08239414 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9Evaluator17EvalStatementImplEPKcRNS0_18IEvaluationContextE+00000278
[ 42] 0x000000011129ea28                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08239656 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9Evaluator13EvalStatementERKNSt3__112basic_stringIDsNS2_11char_traitsIDsEENS2_9allocatorIDsEEEERNS0_18IEvaluationContextE+00000136
[ 43] 0x000000011133289a                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08845466 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9LxeBridge15EvalInWorkSpaceERNS0_18IEvaluationContextEiPP11mxArray_tagiS6_+00000426
[ 44] 0x0000000111332f99                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08847257 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9LxeBridge11FullEvalFcnEiPP11mxArray_tagiS4_+00000105
[ 45] 0x000000010fa9b5e7                 bin/maci64/libmwm_dispatcher.dylib+00128487 _ZN9MathWorks10Dispatcher18NamedFuncExceptionD2Ev+00001319
[ 46] 0x000000010fa80c19                 bin/maci64/libmwm_dispatcher.dylib+00019481 _ZN13Mfh_MATLAB_fn11dispatch_fhEiPP11mxArray_tagiS2_+00000505
[ 47] 0x0000000111506257                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+10760791 _ZNK9MathWorks3lxe21UnboundFunctionHandle26invokeAfterPossibleRefreshEmPP11mxArray_tagmPKPKS2_+00000151
[ 48] 0x00000001115063bf                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+10761151 _ZNK9MathWorks3lxe21UnboundFunctionHandle6invokeEmPP11mxArray_tagmPKPKS2_+00000095
[ 49] 0x00000001112985fa                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08214010 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9Evaluator5FevalEiPP11mxArray_tagiPKPKS2_PKc+00000090
[ 50] 0x000000011129a47f                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08221823 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9Evaluator5FevalEiPP11mxArray_tagiPKPKS2_PKcRNS0_18IEvaluationContextE+00000303
[ 51] 0x000000011132665f                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08795743 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9LxeBridge18CallFcnInDesiredWSEiPP11mxArray_tagiS4_PKcP15inWorkSpace_tag+00000111
[ 52] 0x0000000111325c7d                        bin/maci64/libmwm_lxe.dylib+08793213 _ZN9MathWorks3lxe9LxeBridge26CallFcnWithTrapInDesiredWSEiPP11mxArray_tagiS4_PKcbP15inWorkSpace_tag+00001101
[ 53] 0x000000010fc236b7                bin/maci64/libmwm_interpreter.dylib+00218807 _Z44inCallFcnWithTrapInDesiredWSAndPublishEventsiPP11mxArray_tagiS1_PKcbP15inWorkSpace_tag+00000087
[ 54] 0x000000010f7d61eb                          bin/maci64/libmwiqm.dylib+00217579 _ZNK3iqm15BaseFEvalPlugin17inCallFcnWithTrapEiPP11mxArray_tagiS3_PKcbP15inWorkSpace_tag+00000043
[ 55] 0x000000010f7d6362                          bin/maci64/libmwiqm.dylib+00217954 _ZN3iqm15BaseFEvalPlugin7executeEP15inWorkSpace_tagRN5boost10shared_ptrIN14cmddistributor17IIPCompletedEventEEE+00000354
[ 56] 0x0000000125b2b3da                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00103386 _ZN9nativejmi14JmiFEvalPlugin7executeEP15inWorkSpace_tagRN5boost10shared_ptrIN14cmddistributor17IIPCompletedEventEEE+00000330
[ 57] 0x000000010f7c78bf                          bin/maci64/libmwiqm.dylib+00157887 _ZNK3iqm17DefaultPacketInfo7executeEP15inWorkSpace_tag+00000351
[ 58] 0x000000010f7b1b15                          bin/maci64/libmwiqm.dylib+00068373 _ZN3iqm10DefaultIqm10executeNowERKN10foundation7msg_svc8exchange6IDTypeE+00000789
[ 59] 0x000000010f7b4d53                          bin/maci64/libmwiqm.dylib+00081235 _ZNK3iqm10DefaultIqm38isPacketAvailableToDispatchDuringPauseEv+00002723
[ 60] 0x000000010db9f2ee                       bin/maci64/libmwmlutil.dylib+00697070 _ZNK14cmddistributor16IIPRunNowMessage7deliverERKN10foundation7msg_svc8exchange7RoutingE+00000030
[ 61] 0x000000010d3587f7                           bin/maci64/libmwms.dylib+00776183 _ZN10foundation7msg_svc8exchange12MessageQueue7deliverERKN5boost10shared_ptrIKNS1_8EnvelopeEEE+00000183
[ 62] 0x000000010d3593be                           bin/maci64/libmwms.dylib+00779198 _ZN10foundation7msg_svc8exchange19NoQueueMessageQueue6submitERKN5boost10shared_ptrIKNS1_8EnvelopeEEE+00000062
[ 63] 0x000000010d33d474                           bin/maci64/libmwms.dylib+00664692 _ZN10foundation7msg_svc8exchange15DefaultExchange7deliverERKN5boost10shared_ptrIKNS1_8EnvelopeEEE+00000084
[ 64] 0x000000010d33c995                           bin/maci64/libmwms.dylib+00661909 _ZN10foundation7msg_svc8exchange15DefaultExchange17submitWithRoutingERKN5boost10shared_ptrIKNS1_7MessageEEERKNS1_7RoutingE+00000405
[ 65] 0x000000010d33d36a                           bin/maci64/libmwms.dylib+00664426 _ZN10foundation7msg_svc8exchange15DefaultExchange6submitERKN5boost10shared_ptrIKNS1_7MessageEEERKNS1_7AddressE+00000138
[ 66] 0x000000010db0a21e                       bin/maci64/libmwmlutil.dylib+00086558 _ZN14cmddistributor18DefaultDistributor21createDefaultInstanceERKN6mlutil10contextmgr5McrIDERKNSt3__112basic_stringIcNS6_11char_traitsIcEENS6_9allocatorIcEEEERKN5boost8optionalINS2_5MvmIDEEERKNSF_10shared_ptrIN10foundation7msg_svc8eventmgr8EventMgrEEE+00000638
[ 67] 0x000000010db0b7cd                       bin/maci64/libmwmlutil.dylib+00092109 _ZN14cmddistributor18DefaultDistributor21createDefaultInstanceERKN6mlutil10contextmgr5McrIDERKNSt3__112basic_stringIcNS6_11char_traitsIcEENS6_9allocatorIcEEEERKN5boost8optionalINS2_5MvmIDEEERKNSF_10shared_ptrIN10foundation7msg_svc8eventmgr8EventMgrEEE+00006189
[ 68] 0x0000000125b52e7f                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00265855 _ZN5boost6detail8function26void_function_obj_invoker0INS_3_bi6bind_tINS3_11unspecifiedENS4_IS5_NS_8functionIFvvEEENS3_5list0EEENS3_5list1INS_17reference_wrapperINS_7promiseINS_10shared_ptrI8_jobjectEEEEEEEEEEvE6invokeERNS1_15function_bufferE+00000031
[ 69] 0x0000000125b4a2e3                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00230115 _ZN5boost6detail17shared_state_base11do_callbackERNS_11unique_lockINS_5mutexEEE+00000163
[ 70] 0x0000000125b4a199                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00229785 _ZN5boost6detail17shared_state_base13wait_internalERNS_11unique_lockINS_5mutexEEEb+00000025
[ 71] 0x0000000125b51f5b                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00261979 _ZN5boost23atomic_compare_exchangeINS_6detail12shared_stateINS_10shared_ptrI8_jobjectEEEEEEbPNS3_IT_EES9_S8_+00000459
[ 72] 0x0000000125b50e92                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00257682 _ZN5boost13unique_futureINS_10shared_ptrI8_jobjectEEE3getEv+00000050
[ 73] 0x0000000125b5083a                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00256058 _ZN14cmddistributor14CmdDistributor10executeNowIN9nativejmi15FEvalCmdRequestEEENS_16CmdRequestTraitsIT_E10ResultTypeERKN5boost10shared_ptrIS5_EE+00000042
[ 74] 0x0000000125b33917                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00137495 _Z17mtMessageDispatchP7JNIEnv_P8_jobject+00000343
[ 75] 0x0000000125b32d27                      bin/maci64/libnativejmi.dylib+00134439 _Z17SendMatlabMessageP7JNIEnv_P8_jobjectS2_+00000055
[ 76] 0x000000011ed26758                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[ 77] 0x000000011ed1a233                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[ 78] 0x000000011ed1a233                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[ 79] 0x000000011ed1a233                                   <unknown-module>+00000000

If this problem is reproducible, please submit a Service Request via:
    http://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us/

A technical support engineer might contact you with further information.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

[Robert Snoeberger]

It looks like you hit this bug . A workaround is provided in the description.

[Matthew Abel]

Thank you Robert, this worked and fixed the problem. Tanks for the quick response.

[Kerecsen]

What to do with newer releases, e.g. 2019b?

[Neetu Raveendran]

Hello,

Could someone please provide a workaround for this for Matlab R2019b? Thanks!

Answer 2

[Edson Silva]

This solved my problem

1) Open finder

2) Go -> Go to Folder (~/Library/Application Support/MathWorks/MATLAB/R2019b)

3) Delete 'MATLABDesktop.xml'

4) Reopen Matlab