Maxima: Plotting error with plot2d().



I am getting the error message below with the plot2d() command. Any assistance on what to do would be much appreciated.

I am using Maxima 5.19 (32 bit) running under suse linux enterprise desktop 11 sp1 (sled11sp1) on a 64 bit x86 machine:

Maxima 5.19.2 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp CMU Common Lisp 19d (19D)
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) 


I recently installed gnuplot (64 bit) on the sled11 machine using:
gnuplot-4.2.3-5.34.x86_64.rpm

(I first tried installing gnuplot-4.2.3-5.34.i586.rpm (32 bit) but there were error messages indicating missing libraries/files/etc).

(The other commands in maxima 5.19 seem to run ok on this machine)

Thanks very much.
Constantine Frangos.




(%i5) plot2d (sin(x), [x, -5, 5]);

Maxima encountered a Lisp error:

 
Error in function UNIX::SIGSEGV-HANDLER:  Segmentation Violation at #x0.

Automatically continuing.
To reenable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
(%i6) 
Maxima encountered a Lisp error:

 
Error in function UNIX::SIGPIPE-HANDLER:  SIGPIPE at #xFFFFE430.

Automatically continuing.
To reenable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
(%i6)