+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #216539 +++ Description of problem: I can use maxima in the console, but if i start xmaxima i get this error message: Maxima 5.10.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net Using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (aka GCL) 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) jfa: starting server on port 4008 couldn't open socket: Installed packages: maxima 5.10.0-8.fc6.i386 maxima-gui 5.10.0-8.fc6.i386 maxima-runtime-gcl 5.10.0-8.fc6.i386 -- Additional comment from rdieter.edu on 2006-11-22 09:59 EST -- Looks like we're not alone, Ubuntu has the same problem: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/dapper/+source/gcl/+bug/43150 Their recommendations were to use a different maxima-runtime (one of maxima-runtime-clisp, maxima-runtime-cmucl, maxima-runtime-sbcl). -- Additional comment from rdieter.edu on 2006-11-22 10:04 EST -- Upon closer inspection of ubuntu's report, they claim it to be a gcl bug, see https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/dapper/+source/gcl/+bug/43150/comments/33 https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/dapper/+source/gcl/+bug/43150/comments/34 http://librarian.launchpad.net/4873164/gcl.diff
closing this (for now), as the bug that prompted it seems to be not reproducible.