As noted in #1294116, this crash occurs when plotting using the fltk plotting toolkit, which is now the default with Octave 3.8. Plotting with fltk requires an X environment with working OpenGL support, for some definition of "working". A sufficient workaround for this crash is to use the gnuplot toolkit instead, which was the default in previous versions of Octave.
This can be achieved by issuing the command graphics_toolkit gnuplot at the Octave prompt. This can also be added to ~/.octaverc to make this preference effective every time Octave is started. I have been able to reproduce this bug in a 14.04 beta VM running Unity. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1293876 Title: octave-cli crashed with SIGSEGV in llvm::TargetRegistry::lookupTarget() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1293876/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
