Re: Wxmaxima does not work
Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote:
> Hi
> Could anyone test this please
> Open wxmaxima
> Open the help
> try some examples like
> (%i1) factor(10!); 8 4 2
> (%o1) 2 3 5 7
> (%i2) expand ((x + y)^6);
> 6 5 2 4 3 3 4 2 5 6
> (%o2) y + 6 x y + 15 x y + 20 x y + 15 x y + 6 x y + x
> (%i3) factor (x^6 - 1);
> 2 2
> (%o3) (x - 1) (x + 1) (x - x + 1) (x + x + 1)
>
> It does not work for me.
> Then I recompiled the package
> apt-src install wxmaxima
> cd wxmaxima...
> fakeroot debian/rules binary
> cd ..
> apt-src install maxima
> cd maxima...
> fakeroot debian/rules binary
> cd ..
> dpkg -i *maxima*.deb
>
> and everything works perfectly.
>
> I am using
> wxmaxima:
> Installed: 0.6.5-1
> maxima:
> Installed: 5.9.3-1.1
>
> I think the problem is more general than only for this single package. But I
> would like some more clever people than me to verify it before making more
> fuzz about it.
>
> Regards
> Gudjon
>
>
Hi,
I think that wxmaxima (0.6.5-1) is buggy. I've got no problems testing those
examples with maxima (5.9.3-1.1), but if I try 'factor (10!)' with wxmaxima the
output of gdb is an endless number of lines like these:
[New Thread 1082132832 (LWP 27081)]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27082)]
[Thread 1082132832 (LWP 27081) exited]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27082) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27100)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27100) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27101)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27101) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27102)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27102) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27103)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27103) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27104)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27104) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27105)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27105) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27106)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27106) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27107)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27107) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27108)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27108) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27109)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27109) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27110)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27110) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27111)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27111) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27112)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27112) exited]
[New Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27113)]
[Thread 1090525536 (LWP 27113) exited]
...
Have you reported it as bug?
Best Regards,
Manolo.
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