$ matlab -Dgdb
MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE OPENGL rendering.
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Reading symbols from /home/user/Software/Matlab_R2015b/bin/glnxa64/MATLAB...
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/user/Software/Matlab_R2015b/bin/glnxa64/MATLAB -prefersoftwareopengl
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
(gdb)