... like this: (%i1) display2d : false; (%o1) false (%i2) solve(x^log(x)=%e,x); (%o2) [x^log(x) = %e] Is this a bug? I'm using: Maxima 5.28.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net using Lisp SBCL 1.0.55.0.debian