The problem: I have a file with non-7 bit ASCII name. After rename it,
everything is working fine!
Thanks a lot for your time!
On Apr 24, 12:56 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:30 AM, prof <paulo.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Michael,
>
> > Here is the complete procedure/output:
>
> > prof:~$ cd /Applications/sage-3.4/
> > prof:/Applications/sage-3.4$ ./sage
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Sage Version 3.4, Release Date: 2009-03-11 |
> > | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. |
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > sage: maxima('3+4')
>
> What happens if you type
>
> sage: !maxima
>
> ?
>
> William
>
>
>
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > TypeError Traceback (most recent call
> > last)
>
> > /Applications/sage-3.4/<ipython console> in <module>()
>
> > /Applications/sage-3.4/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/
> > interfaces/expect.pyc in __call__(self, x, name)
> > 1000 return x
> > 1001 if isinstance(x, basestring):
> > -> 1002 return cls(self, x, name=name)
> > 1003 try:
> > 1004 return self._coerce_from_special_method(x)
>
> > /Applications/sage-3.4/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/
> > interfaces/expect.pyc in __init__(self, parent, value, is_name, name)
> > 1375 except (TypeError, KeyboardInterrupt,
> > RuntimeError, ValueError), x:
> > 1376 self._session_number = -1
> > -> 1377 raise TypeError, x
> > 1378 self._session_number = parent._session_number
> > 1379
>
> > TypeError: Unable to start maxima
> > sage:
>
> > On Apr 24, 10:10 am, mabshoff <mabsh...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> On Apr 24, 5:43 am, prof wrote:
>
> >> > Hello,
>
> >> Hi,
>
> >> > I have installed Sage as root on iMac/Leopard 10.5.6 from sources
> >> > using the normal procedure (tar, make, make test...). Everything looks
> >> > ok. Sage was installed on /Applications/sage-3.4/. Using Sage as a
> >> > normal user at Terminal:
> >> > cd /Applications/sage-3.4
> >> > ./sage
>
> >> > OK! But... the command sage:maxima('3 + 4') gives several lines of
> >> > error. The last line:
> >> > TypeError: Unable to start maxima
>
> >> Well, can you post the rest?
>
> >> > Everything is ok if I run this command as root. This looks like a
> >> > permission problem. Any light ?
>
> >> Hmm, have you used Maxima before installing Sage? In that case check
>
> > No, I have not used Maxima before.
>
> >> for .maxima folder or something similar in the non-root user home
> >> directory and rename them to get them out of the way. Another thing:
> >> check for files or directories with non-7 bit ASCII names and move
> >> them out of that users directory. It is an odd interaction between
> >> clisp and the LANG env we set in Sage.
>
> >> If that doesn't fix it I am not sure where to look next.
>
> >> Can you start clisp, i.e. does !clisp work from Sage?
>
> >> > Thanks in advance!
>
> >> Cheers,
>
> >> Michael
>
> --
> William Stein
> Associate Professor of Mathematics
> University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org
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