Scilab 5.5.2 works with old kernel ( $ uname -a Linux debian9 4.9.0-3-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2 (2017-06-12) i686 GNU/Linux )
but crashes with new ( $ uname -a Linux debian9 4.9.0-3-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u1 (2017-06-18) i686 GNU/Linux $ scilab Segmentation fault )