Re: [sage-support] sagemath installs on ubuntu karmic, but abends on simple problem

2010-02-13 Thread Alex Ghitza
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:27:22 -0800 (PST), Tom Roche wrote: > summary: I installed ubuntu package=sagemath (and dependencies) using > aptitude on 2 previously-sage-clean ubuntu karmic boxes. Sage appeared > to install cleanly on both boxes, but a simple problem (that works on > sagenb.org) causes s

[sage-support] sagemath installs on ubuntu karmic, but abends on simple problem

2010-02-13 Thread Tom Roche
summary: I installed ubuntu package=sagemath (and dependencies) using aptitude on 2 previously-sage-clean ubuntu karmic boxes. Sage appeared to install cleanly on both boxes, but a simple problem (that works on sagenb.org) causes sage to abend similarly on both boxes. How to fix the current install

RE: [sage-support] Problems installing sage in ubuntu-9.10 amd64

2010-02-13 Thread Jorge E . ´Sanchez Sanchez
Dear David, I appreciate very much your suggestions, > > after typing a Yes to an update notification of Ubuntu-9.04 to 9.10 it > > became unstable, first in an unnoticed way, until finally all my > > installation crashes in a sudden "unable to boot". > > That could be a hardware problem. >

[sage-support] Re: can't get notebook running: help!

2010-02-13 Thread Josh
> Can you think of *anything* you might have done to cause this? Yes, actually. Just before things stopped working, I accidentally told Windows to shut down without first closing the VirtualBox window (thus allowing the VM to save state properly). I realized the mistake right away, stopped the s

Re: [sage-support] Re: can't get notebook running: help!

2010-02-13 Thread David Kirkby
On 13 February 2010 11:00, David Kirkby wrote: > On 13 February 2010 06:44, zsharon wrote: > >> Maybe your sage image is different, but for mine, the notebook is >> started with the command "notebook" (w/o quotes). > > It should be > > sage: notebook() > >  and not > > sage: notbook > > So the or

Re: [sage-support] Re: can't get notebook running: help!

2010-02-13 Thread David Kirkby
On 13 February 2010 06:44, zsharon wrote: > Maybe your sage image is different, but for mine, the notebook is > started with the command "notebook" (w/o quotes). It should be sage: notebook() and not sage: notbook So the original poster was correct to have the quotes. Dave -- To post to

Re: [sage-support] Problems installing sage in ubuntu-9.10 amd64

2010-02-13 Thread David Kirkby
2010/2/13 Jorge E. ´Sanchez Sanchez : > > Dear support group, > > after typing a Yes to an update notification of Ubuntu-9.04 to 9.10 it > became unstable, first in an unnoticed way, until finally all my > installation crashes in a sudden "unable to boot". That could be a hardware problem. > So I