On Mon, 31 May 2010 11:54:16 -0700 (PDT)
Gilberto Luna <gibajp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all. I'm new to Maxima. When i try to start xMaxima, after some
> time it says:
>
> "Starting Maxima timed out. Wait longer?"
> If I click "Yes", it waits a while and then gives me the message
> again. If "No", it says "Error starting Maxima: Starting Maxima timed
> out".
>
> The software never worked for me.
>
> I'm using Windows XP Professional.
>
> Can anyone help?? Thanks in advance,
It is probably a firewall problem (as I know xmaxima use network
protocol to communicate with maxima). What you can try is:
Launch the command line version of maxima (you should find an option in
the menu) to see if maxima works at all.
Temporarily disable all firewall/antivirus and see what happens.
Olive