maxima won't start on Mac: neither prebuilt bin nor fink



Hi all,
I get exactly the same error whether I start the pre-built binary (from
wxMaxima-0.8.5-Maxima-5.21.1.dmg )  or the fink version, which my system OS
X 10.6.4 builds from a source.

Any idea what's wrong?
-gary

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aca8639d:~ gpajer$ rmaxima
Maxima 5.21.1 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp SBCL 1.0.37
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.

stdin:112:incorrect syntax: Missing )
Maxima encountered a Lisp error:

 attempt to THROW to a tag that does not exist: MACSYMA-QUIT

Automatically continuing.
To enable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.

debugger invoked on a SB-INT:SIMPLE-CONTROL-ERROR in thread #<THREAD
                                                              "initial
thread" RUNNING
                                                              {1341BC09}>:
  attempt to THROW to a tag that does not exist: RETURN-FROM-DEBUGGER

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL.