--- Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 22:07 +0400, yantux yantux > wrote: > > > > 10.10.07, 18:58, Rick Bilonick (rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx): > > > > > I'm running maxima under Fedora 6. It runs fine > in a shell. If I start > > > wvmaxima or xmaxima, the gui's open but report > they cannot connect to > > > maxima (it times out). I'm running maxima also > on a Fedora 7 system and > > > the gui's have no problem connecting to maxima. > Any idea on what is > > > going wrong under Fedora 6? > > > Rick B. > > > > This is old problem. > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=814957&group_id=4933&atid=104933 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=322171 > > You may add to bugzilla bag that you found. > > > Thanks. When I researched this prior to asking on > the list, the problem > seemed to be due to a socket problem (requiring > unblocking by the > firewall). Just adding "127.0.0.1 localhost" to the > /etc/host fixed the > problem. Thanks!!! > > Rick B. > > -- So your problem has been solved, for a moment I thought it was the following bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290681 However, I removed FC6 on that machine and I installed Fedora 8 Test 2 and could no longer follow that one, maybe you can add to it, if it is related or encourage other users that have problems using maxima/xmaxima/Wvmaxima, etc to check that page up. Regards, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433