XMaxima with ECL

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi,

I just compiled maxima using ecl. It seems to work:

[loan8] ~ $ maxima
;;; Loading #P"/usr/pkg/lib/ecl-9.10.2/defsystem.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/usr/pkg/lib/ecl-9.10.2/cmp.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/usr/pkg/lib/ecl-9.10.2/sysfun.lsp"
Maxima 5.19.2 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp ECL 9.10.2
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) solve(x^2-x+5=0,[x]);
                        sqrt(19) %i - 1      sqrt(19) %i + 1
(%o1)            [x = - ---------------, x = ---------------]
                               2                    2
.....

xmaxima on the other hand is unresponsive - in the terminal window I
started it I get:
[loan8] ~ $ xmaxima
;;; Loading #P"/usr/pkg/lib/ecl-9.10.2/defsystem.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/usr/pkg/lib/ecl-9.10.2/cmp.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/usr/pkg/lib/ecl-9.10.2/sysfun.lsp"
Maxima 5.19.2 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp ECL 9.10.2
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) Connecting Maxima to server on port 4008

and in a few minutes the message "Starting maxima timed out: wait longer?".

(if I try to connect to the port with telnet or netcat I get no such port open).

Any suggestions?

(BTW this is -current as of a week ago on i386).


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Chavdar Ivanov

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