Sorry you ran into this problem.
Could you please tell us the full version as given by bug_report() or
build_info()? You might also want to upgrade to a more recent version.
-s
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:45 AM, bb <bb-543437 at versanet.de> wrote:
> I tried on Maxima 5.17.1
>
> (%i1) solve(x^2-4,x);
> Universal error handler called recursively (:ERROR NIL
>
> CONDITIONS::CLCS-UNIVERSAL-ERROR-HANDLER
> ""
> "Couldn't protect")
> Universal error handler called recursively (:ERROR NIL
>
> CONDITIONS::CLCS-UNIVERSAL-ERROR-HANDLER
> "" "Couldn't protect")
> Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
>
> Error in CONDITIONS::CLCS-UNIVERSAL-ERROR-HANDLER [or a callee]: Caught
> fatal error [memory may be damaged]
>
> Automatically continuing.
> To reenable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
> (%i2) solve(x^2-4,x);
> Segmentation fault
>
> With the second trial Maxima will be terminated. With Maxima 5.13.0 - I
> have still installed on another machine - solve works normal.
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