Bug#896118: scilab: Scilab 6.0 launches, shows its window and closes immediately on buster

[Nrbrtx]

Package: scilab
Version: 6.0.1-1
Severity: important

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install Debian 10 (x86_64 in my case)
2. Install `scilab` package (from buster or from unstable)
3. Try to launch it from menu (in MATE - Applications->Other->Scilab)

Expected results:
Scilab is started, user can use it.

Actual results:
Scilab is started, shows its window with

    Startup execution:
      loading initial environment


and then closes immediately.

Notes:
Scilab starts normally from terminal, here is its output:

    libEGL warning: DRI2: failed to authenticate


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages scilab depends on:
ii  scilab-cli       6.0.1-1
ii  scilab-full-bin  6.0.1-1

Versions of packages scilab recommends:
ii  scilab-doc  6.0.1-1

Versions of packages scilab suggests:
pn  scilab-doc-fr     <none>
pn  scilab-doc-ja     <none>
pn  scilab-doc-pt-br  <none>

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