GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE causes segmentation fault - c++

Question

I'm following the OpenGL tutorial at http://www.learnopengl.com/#!Getting-started/Hello-Window
I have the following code written as taught in the tutorial, however setting the profile causes an immediate segmentation fault. The program gives the expected output without that line.
#define GLEW_STATIC
#include <GL/glew.h>
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
int main() {
glfwInit();
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 0);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE); //SEGFAULT
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_RESIZABLE, GL_FALSE);
GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(800, 600, "LearnOpenGL", NULL, NULL);
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
glewInit();
glViewport(0, 0, 800, 600);
while(!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
{
glfwPollEvents();
glClearColor(0.2f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
glfwSwapBuffers(window);
}
glfwDestroyWindow(window);
glfwTerminate();
return 0;
}
If it helps, the output of glxinfo | grep OpenGL is below:
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.1 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.1.3
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:

Answer 1

It turns out that core and compatibility profile modes were added in OpenGL 3.2. Since my system has 3.0, setting that parameter caused a crash.
So for versions lower than 3.2, you don't need to set compatibility mode or core profile.