On 5/24/07, Dr. Robert Arnold <arno4401 at uni-trier.de> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I installed maxima 5.12.0 on my windows xp (I don't have a firewall). But
> the back-end doesn't start.
>
> When I call maxima.bat from the command-line, it terminates imideatly
> without any output.
This implies that it is not a socket problem. It could be you have DEP
enabled. My antivirus program enables DEP when it is installed so
firewalls are not the only programs which cause problems for maxima. A
workaround is here (you need to adapt the instructions to your
version)
http://maxima.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Run-time%20problems
--
Andrej