New install and Mathematica [Magically SOLVED]

chrismortimore · 2006-08-26 20:45:50

I know, I'm evil and using Linux software you have to pay for, but I'm having a slight problem with Mathematica 5.2.0. Basically, whenever I started it, xorg restarts. Because I'm starting it from konsole, I can't see if there are any errors. There is nothing in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Does anyone have any ideas?

I'm running a system that was last synced about 2 hours ago.

benplaut · 2006-08-27 07:54:09

for some debug, do:

mathematica > ~/log.txt

or whatever the command is...

chrismortimore · 2006-08-27 22:30:20

Hard locked the machine.. Doh! And nothing appeared in the file.

benplaut · 2006-08-27 22:33:42

screen -RD math

press enter...

thecommand

after it restarts, open a terminal and type:

screen -RD math

and it will bring you back to the same terminal session.

chrismortimore · 2006-08-27 23:02:57

Strangely enough, it's working fine now.. The only thing I changed is my nvidia driver version, so I guess it was an opengl issue... Thanks for your time.

benplaut · 2006-08-27 23:21:50

heh... have fun

don't be ashamed of using a closed source epice of software... mathematica is in a class of its own (for those who need that sort of thing)

arooaroo · 2006-08-27 23:57:18

benplaut wrote:

heh... have fun
don't be ashamed of using a closed source epice of software... mathematica is in a class of its own (for those who need that sort of thing)

I totally agree. Too be honest, I don't think any one on these forums would give any one grief for using closed-source software, so don't worry about posting questions about non-FOSS. I think that kind of zealotry is reserved for other distros.

chrismortimore · 2006-08-28 00:29:49

Yeah, I come from a Debian background

I prefer open source (I'm a poor student, there is only so much I can afford), but if there is closed source software I need, I have nothing against using it. And being a student, I got Mathematica for £80, an offer I couldn't say no to

Cheers all

arooaroo · 2006-08-28 00:36:59

Well, now that's sorted, could I offer a little tip?

What I would say though is that "Desktop Environments" is meant for posts on KDE/Gnome/XFCE/Enlightenment/Openbox/etc/etc/. "Workstation user" is the place to go for this type of query. Don't fret though - just friendly advice!

chrismortimore · 2006-08-28 00:41:42

Doh! My bad Noted for future reference.

Snowman · 2006-08-28 03:15:04

chrismortimore wrote:

Doh! My bad Noted for future reference.

No problem. Moved to "Workstation User".

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New install and Mathematica [Magically SOLVED]

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Re: New install and Mathematica [Magically SOLVED]

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