On 9/14/07, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I fire up xmaxima and the startup hangs. It asks Starting Maxima timed out. > Wait longer? Have a look at the first item on this page: http://maxima.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Run-time%20problems I know, it says it's a Windows problem, but it resembles yours, and it looks like a problem that can happen on Linux. Perhaps a mail to the maxima list (http://maxima.sourceforge.net/maximalist.html) may lead to a quick fix. Andras