Maxima 5.9.1 problems

[Craig Kleski]

On Saturday 04 June 2005 12:16 pm, you wrote:
> On Jun 3, 2005, at 6:17 AM, Craig Kleski wrote:
> > On Friday 03 June 2005 11:46 am, Anthony M. Agelastos wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> I am experiencing some problems with Maxima, namely with the
> >> plotting and with some of the self tests. For the former, it only
> >> creates the plots in an external Gnuplot window, even if I go to
> >> [Options] / [Plot Windows] / [Embedded]. I am primarily familiar
> >> with embedded plots and their ability to rotate with the mouse
> >> (left or middle click I do believe), but I also assumed the same
> >> could be done with the [Separate] plot windows but on this version
> >> it cannot. Then, to satisfy my own curiosity, I did [Maxima] /
> >> [Run Tests] and there were multiple problems. In case it is
> >> desired, I am running FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE (see uname output below)
> >> with a kernel that is GENERIC+SSE. Any assistance would be greatly
> >> appreciated. Thank you. Oh, just in case it is also needed, Maxima
> >> 5.9.1 is using LIsp CMU Common Lisp 19a (should be the default
> >> because I didn't change any settings).
> >>
> >> ast# uname -a
> >> FreeBSD ast.home.iq 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Sun May 29
> >> 10:30:27 EDT 2005    
> >> root at ast.home.iq:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IQKERNEL i386

[snip]

I just ran the test once with no errors.  I ran it again and got 

Error found in /usr/local/share/maxima/5.9.1/tests/rtest1.mac, problem: 
(10)
Error found in /usr/local/share/maxima/5.9.1/tests/rtest15.mac, problem: 
(46)
Error found in /usr/local/share/maxima/5.9.1/tests/rtest12.mac, problem: 
(20)

If I restart maxima from the menu, this pattern repeats -- one run is 
fine, the next has errors.  We seem to be having the same problem.  I 
found this:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1116091&group_id=4933&atid=104933

Apparently this has been solved in the CVS version of maxima.  As for 3d 
plotting, I don't know the solution to that problem.