--- Andras Simon <szajmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9/14/07, Antonio Olivares > <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I have a fully updated Fedora Core 6 machine with > all the updates. Maxima > > is not working. > > > > [olivares@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa maxima* > > maxima-5.13.0-4.fc6 > > maxima-gui-5.13.0-4.fc6 > > maxima-runtime-gcl-5.13.0-4.fc6 > > [olivares@localhost ~]$ > > > > [olivares@localhost ~]$ uname -a > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.22.4-45.fc6 #1 SMP > Tue Aug 21 18:29:10 EDT > > 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > [olivares@localhost ~]$ > > > > > > I know that Fedora Core 6 is approaching the time > of its slow death, but it > > was working previously. Is anyone also having > this trouble? > > > > I fire up xmaxima and the startup hangs. It asks > Starting Maxima timed out. > > Wait longer? > > > > If I click on any link below like integrate(): it > returns > > > > Failed to eval region > > Failed to eval region > > while executing > > "error [mc "Failed to eval region"]" > > (procedure "doInvoke" line 50) > > invoked from within > > "doInvoke .browser.t1.text @123,437 " > > (command bound to event) > > > > I know that this is not much help, but: Does the > command line version > work? (I never used maxima, so I may be wrong about > this, but I > suspect that the maxima package provides a CLI.) In > either case, you > should file a bug report against either the > maxima-5.13.0-4.fc6 or the > maxima-gui-5.13.0-4.fc6 package, as appropriate. FC6 > is still > supported. > > Andras > > -- CLI works as shown below. It is xmaxima or the gui that hangs and does not start. [olivares@localhost ~]$ maxima Maxima 5.13.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net Using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (aka GCL) Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. (%i1) integrate(1/(1+x^3),x); 2 x - 1 2 atan(-------) log(x - x + 1) sqrt(3) log(x + 1) (%o1) - --------------- + ------------- + ---------- 6 sqrt(3) 3 (%i2) solve(x^3-7*x^2+7*x+1 =0,x); sqrt(3) %i 1 - 3/2 109 1/3 (%o2) [x = (- ---------- - -) (3 sqrt(373) %i + ---) 2 2 27 sqrt(3) %i 1 28 (---------- - -) 2 2 7 + -------------------------------- + -, - 3/2 109 1/3 3 9 (3 sqrt(373) %i + ---) 27 sqrt(3) %i 1 - 3/2 109 1/3 x = (---------- - -) (3 sqrt(373) %i + ---) 2 2 27 sqrt(3) %i 1 28 (- ---------- - -) 2 2 7 + -------------------------------- + -, - 3/2 109 1/3 3 9 (3 sqrt(373) %i + ---) 27 - 3/2 109 1/3 28 7 x = (3 sqrt(373) %i + ---) + -------------------------------- + -] 27 - 3/2 109 1/3 3 9 (3 sqrt(373) %i + ---) 27 (%i3) solve(x^3+7*x^2-7*x+1 =0,x); sqrt(3) %i 1 - 3/2 577 1/3 (%o3) [x = (- ---------- - -) (3 sqrt(373) %i - ---) 2 2 27 sqrt(3) %i 1 70 (---------- - -) 2 2 7 + -------------------------------- - -, - 3/2 577 1/3 3 9 (3 sqrt(373) %i - ---) 27 sqrt(3) %i 1 - 3/2 577 1/3 x = (---------- - -) (3 sqrt(373) %i - ---) 2 2 27 sqrt(3) %i 1 70 (- ---------- - -) 2 2 7 + -------------------------------- - -, - 3/2 577 1/3 3 9 (3 sqrt(373) %i - ---) 27 - 3/2 577 1/3 70 7 x = (3 sqrt(373) %i - ---) + -------------------------------- - -] 27 - 3/2 577 1/3 3 9 (3 sqrt(373) %i - ---) 27 (%i4) quit(); [olivares@localhost ~]$ Which package should I file against? TIA, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow