[Maxima-bugs] [ maxima-Bugs-1406224 ] version 5.9.2 does not start

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Bugs item #1406224, was opened at 2006-01-14 17:56
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>Category: Installation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: version 5.9.2 does not start

Initial Comment:
I had version 5.9.1 running under a Red-Hat 9 clone
(Aurox9.2) with a2.4.20-20.9 Linux kernel.  I used the
rpm package from sourceforge to update to 5.9.2.  The
result: the tests did not run.  When I entered an
expression, after pressing "enter", the expression was
just repeated.  I got a message Error: can't read
"_WinInfo.maxima.text(at Maxima Prompt)": no such
element in array.  After leaving this box, I got a
question "Starting Maxima timed out.  Wait longer?"
Answering yes or no made no difference, the same would
happen again. I tried to save the file with the
detailed error messages, but that did not work.

I did re-install version 5.9.1 with the rpm
--oldpackage option.  5.9.1 did work again.  However, I
noticed that 5.9.2 was still installed.  I tried to
remove it, but got messages that5.9.1 required soem of
the packages of 5.9.2.  Then I removed both 5.9.1 and
5.9.2.  Then I could re-install 5.9.1 alone, and it
works fine. 

Hans Joksch  <hj...@at...>

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2006-03-17 11:56

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Yes the same exact thing happens to me with 5.8.2.99rc3 on
Windows XP.

Jeff Henrikson hen...@am...

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Comment By: Robert Dodier (robert_dodier)
Date: 2006-01-16 06:21

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Hans -- the Maxima distribution for Linux comprises 3 rpm
files: the maxima-exec rpm, the maxima rpm, and the xmaxima
rpm. Maxima-exec = compiled Lisp image, maxima = Lisp source
code and scripts, xmaxima = graphical user interface. Of
these 3, at least maxima-exec and maxima must be installed.
To judge by the error messages, you want to run xmaxima, so
you need all three.

The files are named:
maxima-exec-gcl-5.9.2-2.i386.rpm
maxima-5.9.2-2.i386.rpm
maxima-xmaxima-5.9.2-2.i386.rpm

For reference the SF file manager:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4933#files

If you have already installed all 3 rpms for 5.9.2, we'll
need more investigation. First -- does the maxima command
(text-only interface) work?

The rpm files were developed on a Fedora Core 1 system
(similar to Redhat 9) so I hope the rpms will work.

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