[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
That is quite interesting. The problem in the faq indicated a potential filename problem. But that seems rather unlikely after you moved your $SAGE_ROOT to tmp. Any chance your username or hostname has any odd characters in it? I am thinking about anything that is not 7- bit ASCII. May have found the problem. My hostname username (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]) is the same it appears that sage balks at this. I created a new user and ran sage from the same directory it started maxima OK. Any chance I can change something in sage to force it to accept this setup? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
I d/l the source and it compiled fine. However, Sage could not start maxima. Here's the error message from the command line: input sage: sqrt(4) output Timeout exceeded in read_nonblocking(). pexpect.spawn instance at 0xaeee448c version: 2.0 ($Revision: 1.151 $) command: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/bin/maxima args: ['/home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/bin/maxima', '-p', '/ home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp'] patterns: \(\%i[0-9]+\) buffer (last 100 chars): before (last 100 chars): :R1 ABORT ABORT :R2 ABORT ABORT :R3 ABORT Break 1 [4] after: class 'pexpect.TIMEOUT' match: None match_index: None exitstatus: None flag_eof: 0 pid: 2808 child_fd: 3 timeout: 30 delimiter: class 'pexpect.EOF' logfile: None maxread: 1 searchwindowsize: None delaybeforesend: 0 --- type 'exceptions.RuntimeError' Traceback (most recent call last) /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/ipython console in module() /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ IPython/Prompts.py in __call__(self, arg) 521 522 # and now call a possibly user-defined print mechanism -- 523 manipulated_val = self.display(arg) 524 525 # user display hooks can change the variable to be stored in /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ IPython/Prompts.py in _display(self, arg) 545 546 -- 547 return self.shell.hooks.result_display(arg) 548 549 # Assign the default display method: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ IPython/hooks.py in __call__(self, *args, **kw) 132 #print prio,prio,cmd,cmd #dbg 133 try: -- 134 ret = cmd(*args, **kw) 135 return ret 136 except ipapi.TryNext, exc: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ IPython/hooks.py in result_display(self, arg) 160 161 if self.rc.pprint: -- 162 out = pformat(arg) 163 if '\n' in out: 164 # So that multi-line strings line up with the left column of /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in pformat(self, object) 109 def pformat(self, object): 110 sio = _StringIO() -- 111 self._format(object, sio, 0, 0, {}, 0) 112 return sio.getvalue() 113 /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _format(self, object, stream, indent, allowance, context, level) 127 self._readable = False 128 return -- 129 rep = self._repr(object, context, level - 1) 130 typ = _type(object) 131 sepLines = _len(rep) (self._width - 1 - indent - allowance) /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _repr(self, object, context, level) 193 def _repr(self, object, context, level): 194 repr, readable, recursive = self.format(object, context.copy(), -- 195 self._depth, level) 196 if not readable: 197 self._readable = False /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in format(self, object, context, maxlevels, level) 205 and whether the object represents a recursive construct. 206 -- 207 return _safe_repr(object, context, maxlevels, level) 208 209 /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _safe_repr(object, context, maxlevels, level) 290 return format % _commajoin(components), readable, recursive 291 -- 292 rep = repr(object) 293 return rep, (rep and not rep.startswith('')), False 294 /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/sage_object.pyx in sage_object.SageObject.__repr__() /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/ calculus/calculus.py in _repr_(self, simplify) 3543 return self._simp._repr_(simplify=False) 3544 else: - 3545 return self.simplify()._repr_(simplify=False) 3546 ops = self._operands 3547 try: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/ calculus/calculus.py in simplify(self) 2018 return self._simp 2019 except AttributeError: - 2020 S = evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(self._maxima_init_()) 2021 S._simp = S 2022 self._simp = S /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/ calculus/calculus.py in evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(x) 4871 4872 def evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(x): - 4873 return symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(maxima.eval(x)) 4874 4875
[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
On 8/27/07, gsage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I d/l the source and it compiled fine. However, Sage could not start maxima. (1) Does the file SAGE_ROOT/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp exist? (2) What happens if you do: sage: !maxima -p $SAGE_ROOT/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp Does this happen? sage: !maxima -p $SAGE_ROOT/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp Maxima 5.12.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net Using Lisp CLISP 2.41 (2006-10-13) Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. (%i1) sage-display sage: Here's the error message from the command line: input sage: sqrt(4) output Timeout exceeded in read_nonblocking(). pexpect.spawn instance at 0xaeee448c version: 2.0 ($Revision: 1.151 $) command: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/bin/maxima args: ['/home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/bin/maxima', '-p', '/ home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp'] patterns: \(\%i[0-9]+\) buffer (last 100 chars): before (last 100 chars): :R1 ABORT ABORT :R2 ABORT ABORT :R3 ABORT Break 1 [4] after: class 'pexpect.TIMEOUT' match: None match_index: None exitstatus: None flag_eof: 0 pid: 2808 child_fd: 3 timeout: 30 delimiter: class 'pexpect.EOF' logfile: None maxread: 1 searchwindowsize: None delaybeforesend: 0 --- type 'exceptions.RuntimeError' Traceback (most recent call last) /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/ipython console in module() /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ IPython/Prompts.py in __call__(self, arg) 521 522 # and now call a possibly user-defined print mechanism -- 523 manipulated_val = self.display(arg) 524 525 # user display hooks can change the variable to be stored in /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ IPython/Prompts.py in _display(self, arg) 545 546 -- 547 return self.shell.hooks.result_display(arg) 548 549 # Assign the default display method: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ IPython/hooks.py in __call__(self, *args, **kw) 132 #print prio,prio,cmd,cmd #dbg 133 try: -- 134 ret = cmd(*args, **kw) 135 return ret 136 except ipapi.TryNext, exc: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ IPython/hooks.py in result_display(self, arg) 160 161 if self.rc.pprint: -- 162 out = pformat(arg) 163 if '\n' in out: 164 # So that multi-line strings line up with the left column of /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in pformat(self, object) 109 def pformat(self, object): 110 sio = _StringIO() -- 111 self._format(object, sio, 0, 0, {}, 0) 112 return sio.getvalue() 113 /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _format(self, object, stream, indent, allowance, context, level) 127 self._readable = False 128 return -- 129 rep = self._repr(object, context, level - 1) 130 typ = _type(object) 131 sepLines = _len(rep) (self._width - 1 - indent - allowance) /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _repr(self, object, context, level) 193 def _repr(self, object, context, level): 194 repr, readable, recursive = self.format(object, context.copy(), -- 195 self._depth, level) 196 if not readable: 197 self._readable = False /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in format(self, object, context, maxlevels, level) 205 and whether the object represents a recursive construct. 206 -- 207 return _safe_repr(object, context, maxlevels, level) 208 209 /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _safe_repr(object, context, maxlevels, level) 290 return format % _commajoin(components), readable, recursive 291 -- 292 rep = repr(object) 293 return rep, (rep and not rep.startswith('')), False 294 /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/sage_object.pyx in sage_object.SageObject.__repr__() /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/ calculus/calculus.py in _repr_(self, simplify) 3543 return self._simp._repr_(simplify=False) 3544 else: - 3545 return self.simplify()._repr_(simplify=False) 3546 ops = self._operands 3547
[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
(1) Does the file SAGE_ROOT/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp exist? yes (2) What happens if you do: sage: !maxima -p $SAGE_ROOT/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp sage: !maxima -p $SAGE_ROOT/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp *** - invalid byte sequence #xC0 #x01 in CHARSET:UTF-8 conversion The following restarts are available: ABORT :R1 ABORT ABORT :R2 ABORT ABORT :R3 ABORT Break 1 [4] Does this happen? NO sage: !maxima -p $SAGE_ROOT/local/bin/sage-maxima.lisp Maxima 5.12.0http://maxima.sourceforge.net Using Lisp CLISP 2.41 (2006-10-13) Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. (%i1) sage-display sage: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
On Aug 28, 1:20 am, gsage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you do a pwd in $SAGE_ROOT and post the output here. Please also try moving $SAGE_ROOT to /tmp and try again. moved folder sage-2.8.2 to /tmp and did a pwd: input pwd output /tmp/sage-2.8.2 running sage in tmp produces same error messages. That is quite interesting. The problem in the faq indicated a potential filename problem. But that seems rather unlikely after you moved your $SAGE_ROOT to tmp. Any chance your username or hostname has any odd characters in it? I am thinking about anything that is not 7- bit ASCII. I'll look further in the non-utf chars faq stuff. Not sure if I understand enough of this process to resolve. Thanks Cheers, Michael --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
On 8/25/07, gsage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using Kubuntu. I used the binary Sage to run. It all runs fine both cli browser, however, it fails to run Maxima. The error message is RuntimeError: Unable to start maxima. I can run maxima manually within the Sage folder. I'm assuming the path is not set right, but don't know where to start to force the correct path. Any help would be appreciated. Please go to the sage directory and type ./sage then send the _complete_ output of the error message. Also, send a bunch of info about your computer -- processor type, etc. William --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
On Aug 25, 2:28 pm, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/25/07, gsage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using Kubuntu. I used the binary Sage to run. It all runs fine both cli browser, however, it fails to run Maxima. The error message is RuntimeError: Unable to start maxima. I can run maxima manually within the Sage folder. I'm assuming the path is not set right, but don't know where to start to force the correct path. Any help would be appreciated. Please go to the sage directory and type ./sage then send the _complete_ output of the error message. Also, send a bunch of info about your computer -- processor type, etc. William AMD 1800; 1.5 gig mem. Kubuntu Edgy-Eft I did not compile it - just tried w/binary i.e. ./sage whether in cli or browser, I type sqrt(4) sage tries to start maxima but fails. it will do normal computations 3+4^2 ; eratosthenes(20); loads gp ok; input sqrt(4); output Timeout exceeded in read_nonblocking(). pexpect.spawn instance at 0xaeffbb6c version: 2.0 ($Revision: 1.151 $) command: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ maxima args: ['/home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ maxima\ ', '-p', '/home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ sage-ma\ xima.lisp'] patterns: \(\%i[0-9]+\) buffer (last 100 chars): before (last 100 chars): :R1 ABORT ABORT :R2 ABORT ABORT :R3 ABORT Break 1 [4] after: class 'pexpect.TIMEOUT' match: None match_index: None exitstatus: None flag_eof: 0 pid: 5519 child_fd: 3 timeout: 30 delimiter: class 'pexpect.EOF' logfile: None maxread: 1 searchwindowsize: None delaybeforesend: 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/sage_notebook/ wor\ ksheets/admin/1/code/2.py, line 4, in module exec compile(ur'sqrt(Integer(4));' + '\n', '', 'single') File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/data/extcode/ sage\ /, line 1, in module File sage_object.pyx, line 87, in sage_object.SageObject.__repr__ File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 3545, in _repr_ return self.simplify()._repr_(simplify=False) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 2020, in simplify S = evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(self._maxima_init_()) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 4873, in evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string return symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(maxima.eval(x)) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py, line 523, in eval return '\n'.join([self._eval_line(L, **kwds) for L in code.split('\n') if L != '']) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 532, in _eval_line self._sendline(line) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 425, in _sendline self._sendstr(str) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 430, in _sendstr self._start() File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 415, in _start Expect._start(self) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py, line 332, in _start raise RuntimeError, Unable to start %s%self.__name RuntimeError: Unable to start maxima --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
Could you please try this binary instead? http://sagemath.org/SAGEbin/linux/32bit/sage-2.8.2-OLD-32bit-i686-Linux.tar.gz On 8/25/07, gsage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 25, 2:28 pm, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/25/07, gsage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using Kubuntu. I used the binary Sage to run. It all runs fine both cli browser, however, it fails to run Maxima. The error message is RuntimeError: Unable to start maxima. I can run maxima manually within the Sage folder. I'm assuming the path is not set right, but don't know where to start to force the correct path. Any help would be appreciated. Please go to the sage directory and type ./sage then send the _complete_ output of the error message. Also, send a bunch of info about your computer -- processor type, etc. William AMD 1800; 1.5 gig mem. Kubuntu Edgy-Eft I did not compile it - just tried w/binary i.e. ./sage whether in cli or browser, I type sqrt(4) sage tries to start maxima but fails. it will do normal computations 3+4^2 ; eratosthenes(20); loads gp ok; input sqrt(4); output Timeout exceeded in read_nonblocking(). pexpect.spawn instance at 0xaeffbb6c version: 2.0 ($Revision: 1.151 $) command: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ maxima args: ['/home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ maxima\ ', '-p', '/home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ sage-ma\ xima.lisp'] patterns: \(\%i[0-9]+\) buffer (last 100 chars): before (last 100 chars): :R1 ABORT ABORT :R2 ABORT ABORT :R3 ABORT Break 1 [4] after: class 'pexpect.TIMEOUT' match: None match_index: None exitstatus: None flag_eof: 0 pid: 5519 child_fd: 3 timeout: 30 delimiter: class 'pexpect.EOF' logfile: None maxread: 1 searchwindowsize: None delaybeforesend: 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/sage_notebook/ wor\ ksheets/admin/1/code/2.py, line 4, in module exec compile(ur'sqrt(Integer(4));' + '\n', '', 'single') File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/data/extcode/ sage\ /, line 1, in module File sage_object.pyx, line 87, in sage_object.SageObject.__repr__ File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 3545, in _repr_ return self.simplify()._repr_(simplify=False) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 2020, in simplify S = evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(self._maxima_init_()) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 4873, in evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string return symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(maxima.eval(x)) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py, line 523, in eval return '\n'.join([self._eval_line(L, **kwds) for L in code.split('\n') if L != '']) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 532, in _eval_line self._sendline(line) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 425, in _sendline self._sendstr(str) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 430, in _sendstr self._start() File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 415, in _start Expect._start(self) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py, line 332, in _start raise RuntimeError, Unable to start %s%self.__name RuntimeError: Unable to start maxima -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://www.williamstein.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: Sage won't start maxima
I tried dl/link (twice) - but the extraction failed (errors in the examples folder archive) I may try to compile the new version when I get a chance... thanks On Aug 25, 3:28 pm, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you please try this binary instead? http://sagemath.org/SAGEbin/linux/32bit/sage-2.8.2-OLD-32bit-i686-Lin... On 8/25/07, gsage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 25, 2:28 pm, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/25/07, gsage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using Kubuntu. I used the binary Sage to run. It all runs fine both cli browser, however, it fails to run Maxima. The error message is RuntimeError: Unable to start maxima. I can run maxima manually within the Sage folder. I'm assuming the path is not set right, but don't know where to start to force the correct path. Any help would be appreciated. Please go to the sage directory and type ./sage then send the _complete_ output of the error message. Also, send a bunch of info about your computer -- processor type, etc. William AMD 1800; 1.5 gig mem. Kubuntu Edgy-Eft I did not compile it - just tried w/binary i.e. ./sage whether in cli or browser, I type sqrt(4) sage tries to start maxima but fails. it will do normal computations 3+4^2 ; eratosthenes(20); loads gp ok; input sqrt(4); output Timeout exceeded in read_nonblocking(). pexpect.spawn instance at 0xaeffbb6c version: 2.0 ($Revision: 1.151 $) command: /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ maxima args: ['/home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ maxima\ ', '-p', '/home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/bin/ sage-ma\ xima.lisp'] patterns: \(\%i[0-9]+\) buffer (last 100 chars): before (last 100 chars): :R1 ABORT ABORT :R2 ABORT ABORT :R3 ABORT Break 1 [4] after: class 'pexpect.TIMEOUT' match: None match_index: None exitstatus: None flag_eof: 0 pid: 5519 child_fd: 3 timeout: 30 delimiter: class 'pexpect.EOF' logfile: None maxread: 1 searchwindowsize: None delaybeforesend: 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/sage_notebook/ wor\ ksheets/admin/1/code/2.py, line 4, in module exec compile(ur'sqrt(Integer(4));' + '\n', '', 'single') File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/data/extcode/ sage\ /, line 1, in module File sage_object.pyx, line 87, in sage_object.SageObject.__repr__ File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 3545, in _repr_ return self.simplify()._repr_(simplify=False) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 2020, in simplify S = evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(self._maxima_init_()) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py, line 4873, in evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string return symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(maxima.eval(x)) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py, line 523, in eval return '\n'.join([self._eval_line(L, **kwds) for L in code.split('\n') if L != '']) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 532, in _eval_line self._sendline(line) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 425, in _sendline self._sendstr(str) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 430, in _sendstr self._start() File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py, line 415, in _start Expect._start(self) File /home/myhome/Desktop/sage-2.8.2.ubuntu-32bit-i686-Linux/local/lib/ python2\ .5/site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py, line 332, in _start raise RuntimeError, Unable to start %s%self.__name RuntimeError: Unable to start maxima -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washingtonhttp://www.williamstein.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: