Problem/s with Maxima, et al (on Ubuntu 8.10)

wxmaxima 0.8 does not have the separated input field  anymore. There
are some tutorials at
http://wxmaxima.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Tutorials which should
help you get started with the new interface.

Andrej



On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Henry W. Peters <hwpeters at jamadots.com> wrote:
> Hi Leo, Jaime,
>
> I installed gnuplot... & now xmaxima seems to function ok... (& it
> calculates & plots the demos...), except I now get this error (in bottom
> of message returned, & which I do not know exactly the implications of
> this) in the terminal window when I launch it from the terminal with the
> *command line, 'xmaxima'*:
>
> henry at henry-heron:~$ xmaxima
> Maxima 5.16.3 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
> Using Lisp CLISP 2.44.1 (2008-02-23)
> Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
> Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
> The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
> (%i1) jfa: starting server on port 4008
>
> *** - handle_fault error2 ! address = 0xdfffffff not in
> [0x683a5d08,0x685da000) !
> SIGSEGV cannot be cured. Fault address = 0xdfffffff.
> Permanently allocated: 107072 bytes.
> Currently in use: 9758248 bytes.
> Free space: 9386 bytes.
>
>
> Wxmaxima still has no command line (though it says "ready for user
> input" at the lower right corner (to the right of where the command line
> might be). The work space has a bracket which stretches with input, with
> a triangle hanging on the top inward line... & a couple of '>>' (I think
> this may be something like a group input entry form (?). There does not
> seem to be any configuration/preferences to change this condition.
> Something is quite wrong here, some how.
>
> Perhaps the problem lays with wxMaxima (v.0.8.1)?
>
> I can launch wxMaxima from an icon in the applications menu, same result.
>
> Thanks much for help!
>
> Henry
> p.s., please, if you need more information, or for me to try something
> else, glad to try...
>
> & one other query, if I may; what about the 'i686' install of v.5.17 (as
> I said, I believe my machine is for i386)?  Is this, or could this be a
> problem for me, once (under the hopefully *not* hypothetical situation),
> we can actually iron out the current problem/s? If so, can one direct
> the v. 5.17 source build to do other ways than i686?
>
> Leo Butler wrote:
>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Henry W. Peters wrote:
>>
>> < /bin/sh: gnuplot: not found
>>
>> Maxima uses gnuplot to do its plotting, so gnuplot must be installed.
>> This last line tells you that 'gnuplot' has not been found. It is likely
>> not installed on your machine (?). Try
>>
>> apt-get -s install gnuplot
>>
>> to simulate (-s) the installation of gnuplot. To actually install
>> gnuplot, remove the '-s' from the line above.
>>
>> Leo
>>
>>
>> <
>> < Any one with ideas about what is, or is not going on here? Further
>> < tests? CLISP problem? Or... or...
>> <
>> < Henry
>>
>
>
>> Can you please tell us the exact command you used?
>> You can try using the following command before to attempt to do the
>> plot:
>>    set_plot_option([plot_format,openmath])$
>> does that work?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jaime
>
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