Empty result set from CAS

Empty result set from CAS

by Paul P. -
Number of replies: 1
Hi,

I searched the forums for similar questions to this (and there are a few) but none were quite the same.

I have maxima version 5.36.0 and gnuplot version 4.6.2-3 installed on a dedicated server running CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)  (x86_64) (64 bit version).

Maxima is working correctly on the server:

[xxxxx@xxxxx ~]# maxima
Maxima 5.36.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.9
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) expand ((x + y)^6);
           6        5       2  4       3  3       4  2      5      6
(%o1)     y  + 6 x y  + 15 x  y  + 20 x  y  + 15 x  y  + 6 x  y + x
(%i2) bug_report ();

Please report bugs to:
    http://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs
To report a bug, you must have a Sourceforge account.
Please include the following information with your bug report:
-------------------------------------------------------------
Maxima version: "5.36.0"
Maxima build date: "2016-06-14 08:29:37"
Host type: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
Lisp implementation type: "GNU Common Lisp (GCL)"
Lisp implementation version: "GCL 2.6.9"
-------------------------------------------------------------
The above information is also reported by the function 'build_info()'.

(%o2)
(%i3)

GNUPlot is also running on the server correctly (by that I mean it will plot a graph from command line and save it to a file).

I am also running moodle version 2.9.1 with STACK version 3.5.

When I run the healthcheck script I get the following results (summarized):

  • Check LaTeX is being converted correctly
  • Maxima configuration file - Trying to automatically write the Maxima configuration file.
  • CAS result - Warning, empty result! - unpack_raw_result: completely empty result was returned by the CAS.
  • Errors - CAS failed to return any evaluated expressions. Please check your connection with the CAS.
Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks!
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In reply to Paul P.

Re: Empty result set from CAS

by Christopher Sangwin -
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Paul,

In the STACK settings there is a "cas debug" option.  Please make sure this is true and run the healthcheck script.  This should give you more information.  If you can't make progress, please send the result to C.J.Sangwin@ed.ac.uk and I will help.

Chris