Re: Problem with xmaxima

[Klaus Weidner <kw@w-m-p.com>]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:27:25PM -0500, Klaus Weidner wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 08:00:11PM +0200, Santiago Muelas wrote:
> > I've tried to run "xmaxima" with Klaus-Debian on my SL-6000. The package 
> > installs o.k. and the nice screen appears quickly, but... Nothing can be 
> > done as there is a systematic message of error and it seems that the 
> > graphic part begins before the computational one, pure maxima, is charged.
> 
> What's the error message?
> 
> Does text-mode "maxima" work? That's what xmaxima uses to do the
> calculations.

I just tried it, and my impression is that the maxima GCL-based binary
is broken on ARM:

	# maxima

	Unrecoverable error: Segmentation violation..
	/usr/lib/maxima/5.9.0/maxima-run-lisp: line 391:  2809 Aborted                 "$1" $extra_args $load_arg -eval '(run)'

I've put an experimental maxima package built with clisp instead of GCL
on my web page:

	http://pocketworkstation.org/files/maxima_5.9.0-27_arm.deb

You'll need to make sure that you're running the same clisp version I
built with (2.33.2-1), so do an "apt-get update" and "apt-get install
clisp" first, then "dpkg -i" the rebuilt maxima*deb.

This is pretty neat, thanks for pointing me to the package.

-Klaus