Bug 379404 - Cantor can't initialize session for maxima backend
Summary: Cantor can't initialize session for maxima backend
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: cantor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: maxima-backend (show other bugs)
Version: 17.04
Platform: Archlinux Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Filipe Saraiva
URL:
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Reported: 2017-05-01 12:11 UTC by hackitforfun
Modified: 2017-08-24 07:52 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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cantor.log (18.45 KB, text/plain)
2017-08-12 14:49 UTC, Coacher 		Details
cantor-strace.log (1000.66 KB, text/plain)
2017-08-12 14:49 UTC, Coacher 		Details
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Description hackitforfun 2017-05-01 12:11:00 UTC 
Platform: arch linux
cantor version: 17.04
maxima version: 5.39

Initializing session takes forever, after cancelling the initialization, maxima help menu appears fine, but no cursor or text, making it impossible to use maxima as backend for cantor.
Comment 1 Filipe Saraiva 2017-05-01 14:50:00 UTC 
Hi @hackitforfun, I could not reproduce your bug. Please, could you provide the output of 'maxima -v' command?

In my case:

$ maxima -v
+ '[' clisp = clisp ']'
+ '[' true = true ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/lib/maxima/5.39.0/binary-clisp/maxima ']'
+ exec /usr/lib/maxima/5.39.0/binary-clisp/lisp.run -q -M /usr/lib/maxima/5.39.0/binary-clisp/maxima.mem '' -- -v
Maxima 5.39.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp CLISP 2.49 (2010-07-07)
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i1)
Comment 2 hackitforfun 2017-05-01 14:54:06 UTC 
(In reply to Filipe Saraiva from comment #1)
> Hi @hackitforfun, I could not reproduce your bug. Please, could you provide
> the output of 'maxima -v' command?
> 
> In my case:
> 
> $ maxima -v
> + '[' clisp = clisp ']'
> + '[' true = true ']'
> + '[' -x /usr/lib/maxima/5.39.0/binary-clisp/maxima ']'
> + exec /usr/lib/maxima/5.39.0/binary-clisp/lisp.run -q -M
> /usr/lib/maxima/5.39.0/binary-clisp/maxima.mem '' -- -v
> Maxima 5.39.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
> using Lisp CLISP 2.49 (2010-07-07)
> Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
> Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
> The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
> (%i1)
Thanks for the reply, here's the output

❯ maxima -v
+ '[' ecl = clisp ']'
+ '[' ecl = cmucl ']'
+ '[' ecl = scl ']'
+ '[' ecl = gcl ']'
+ '[' ecl = acl ']'
+ '[' ecl = openmcl ']'
+ '[' ecl = ccl64 ']'
+ '[' ecl = ecl ']'
+ exec /usr/lib/maxima/5.39.0/binary-ecl/maxima -- -v
;;; Loading #P"/usr/lib/ecl-16.1.2/sb-bsd-sockets.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/usr/lib/ecl-16.1.2/sockets.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/usr/lib/ecl-16.1.2/defsystem.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/usr/lib/ecl-16.1.2/cmp.fas"
Maxima 5.39.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp ECL 16.1.2
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i1)
Comment 3 Alaksiej Stankievič 2017-06-06 22:39:19 UTC 
I'm also on archlinux and have the same problem.
cantor 17.04.1
maxima 5.38.1

> maxima -v
+ '[' sbcl = clisp ']'
+ '[' sbcl = cmucl ']'
+ '[' sbcl = scl ']'
+ '[' sbcl = gcl ']'
+ '[' sbcl = acl ']'
+ '[' sbcl = openmcl ']'
+ '[' sbcl = ecl ']'
+ '[' sbcl = sbcl ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/lib/maxima/5.38.1/binary-sbcl/maxima ']'
+ exec sbcl --core /usr/lib/maxima/5.38.1/binary-sbcl/maxima.core --noinform --end-runtime-options --eval '(cl-user::run)' --end-toplevel-options -v
Maxima 5.38.1 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp SBCL 1.3.17
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.

Alaksiej Stankievič
Comment 4 Alaksiej Stankievič 2017-06-06 22:53:12 UTC 
I have downgraded to 16.12.3 and now maxima session works
Comment 5 Coacher 2017-08-12 14:49:00 UTC 
Created attachment 107234 [details]
cantor.log

Cantor-16.12.3 with KF-5.34.0 and Maxima-5.40.0 works fine.
Here are messages from cantor when running from the terminal.
Comment 6 Coacher 2017-08-12 14:49:47 UTC 
Created attachment 107235 [details]
cantor-strace.log

And here's strace log of the same session.
Comment 7 Coacher 2017-08-23 09:34:52 UTC 
Cantor-17.04.3 with KF-5.34.0 and Maxima-5.40.0 hangs.
Comment 8 Rik Mills 2017-08-24 07:52:09 UTC 
Maxima backend is similarly broken for ubuntu 17.10

Cantor: 17.04.3
maxima: 5.40.0
KF5: 5.37