Hi,
I guess maxima starts well on terminal. In this case you could check the
options of your host, in particular, the word "localhost" should be present
in /etc/hosts. Hope this help ...
> Hi all,
>
> I would appreciate some help from you.
>
> I tried to build the current cvs version of Maxima.
>
> I am using Linux 2.4.20-pre8, tcl/tk 8.4.0, xfree 4.2 and
>
> 1st try: using cmucl-20020404-x86-linuxglibc22
> Maxima builds fine, but when starting xmaxima
> I have troubles:
>
> After a while I get: "Starting maxima timed out"
> double click on an expression in Maxima's Primer, I get
> Failed to eval region
> Failed to eval region
> while executing
> "error "Failed to eval region""
> (procedure "doInvoke" line 50)
> invoked from within
> "doInvoke .browser.t1.text @109,267 "
> (command bound to event)
>
> click on File->exit terminates the whole X11 session
>
> -----
>
> 2nd try lisp -v gives
>
> Warning: #<Command Line Switch "v"> is an illegal switch
> CMU Common Lisp 18d+, built 2002-09-13 on melbourne, running on
> numa.belgacom.net Send questions to cmucl-help@cons.org. and bug reports to
> cmucl-imp@cons.org. Loaded subsystems:
> Python 1.0, target Intel x86
> CLOS based on PCL version: September 16 92 PCL (f)
>
>
> Now the build itself fails:
>
> Compiling DEFUN GET-NODE-INDEX:
> Compilation aborted after 0:00:01.
>
> Compilation unit aborted.
> 1 fatal error
> 1 note
>
> make[1]: *** [binary-cmucl/maxima.core] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jarausch/Math/Maxima/maxima-cvs/src'
>
>
> So, what did I miss (since many reported on a successful build here)
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Helmut Jarausch
>
> Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
> Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen
> D 52056 Aachen, Germany
>
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