I was having this exact same problem and I can verify that it indeed has to do with the libc6 upgrade from 2.3.2 to 2.3.5. I downgraded libc6 back to 2.3.2 and matlab works again. In fact I downgraded the entire system to stable.
jamie. On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 01:16:08PM +0200, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: > Hi > I have the following error using matlab. It doesn't even start, only > giving > the following message: > *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption: 0x000000000059dde0 *** > Aborted > I think it has to do with the upgrade from libc6 from 2.3.2 to 2.3.5. > I am using Matlab version 7.0.4. > > Sincerely > Gudjon > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

