Though Windows is not near as well supported as linux and OS X, this should work in principle. Try browsing some of the applets at http://jmol.sourceforge.net/ , does that crash your browser?
- Robert On Dec 4, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Michael Madison wrote: > I think we should say then what base system requirements are to run > Sage. However, running Sage in a VirtualBox Ubuntu 9.1 with the > Ubuntu Firefox works fine. I have new system coming. I just wanted to > point out if Sage has users trying to run a system like mine it has > problems. Thanks Mike > > On Dec 4, 7:29 am, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Michael, >> I guess you have discovered (or about to discover) yourself a >> well–known fact that Windows (XP, or whatever) is not really suitable >> platform for >> doing any remotely serious computing :) >> Dmitrii >> >> 2009/12/4 Michael Madison <madison.mich...@gmail.com>: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I am running Sage 4.2.1 on a old 1GB ram XP computer with the >>> VirtualBox binary distribution. In the notebook if I try a 3D graph >>> Firefox shuts down and kills the Sage session. This is the same >>> problem I had with the VirtualBox Sage version 4.2. >> >>> I have also created a separate Ubuntu 9.1 vm in VirtualBox, where I >>> loaded all the stuff needed to run and compile Sage 4.21. This >>> included the FireFox upgrades needed to run the 3D plots from a >>> notebook. To this vm I added a second network connection which is a >>> VirtualBox host only, just like in the binary VirtualBox Sage >>> 4.21. I >>> compiled Sage 4.21. When I run the notebook sage using the Firefox >>> inside the Ubuntu 9.1 vm everything works great and I get 3D graphs. >>> I can also start a Sage notebook with a IP address and access it >>> from >>> my Windows Firefox. This works fine until I run a 3D graph and then >>> the windows Firefox closes down, just like in the binary >>> distribution >>> for VirtualBox Sage 4.21. However, if I start Firefox in Ubuntu I >>> can >>> get into the same sheet and run the 3D graph with no problem and >>> Sage >>> has not shut down. >> >>> I suspect the problem with the 3D graph is from the VirtualBox host >>> connection. I don't know if it is just because of my XP system. >> >>> In general I like the VirtualBox system better than VMware. >>> However, >>> for users with old XP systems it is a problem. Below I included my >>> system specs. Mike >> >>> Intel Celeron M 1.5 GHz, 1 GB Ram >>> Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600, Service Pack 3 >>> VirtualBox 3.0.10 >> >>> results from cat /proc/cpuinfo >> >>> processor : 0 >>> vendor_id : GenuineIntel >>> cpu family : 6 >>> model : 13 >>> model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz >>> stepping : 8 >>> cpu MHz : 1476.382 >>> cache size : 1024 KB >>> fdiv_bug : no >>> hlt_bug : no >>> f00f_bug : no >>> coma_bug : no >>> fpu : yes >>> fpu_exception : yes >>> cpuid level : 2 >>> wp : yes >>> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep >>> mtrr >>> pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss nx up >>> bogomips : 3007.50 >> >>> -- >>> To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-support >>> URL:http://www.sagemath.org >> >> -- >> Dmitrii Pasechnik >> ----- >> DISCLAIMER: Any text following this sentence does not constitute a >> part of this message, and was added automatically during >> transmission.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support > URL: http://www.sagemath.org -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
