[Axiom-developer] Re: Bug#328480: axiom: Still seems to be a problem

[Camm Maguire]

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Greetings, and thanks so much for your feedback!

Colin Turner <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Camm,
> 
> Camm Maguire wrote:
> > Greetings!
> > 
> > OK, just double checked with the latest 20050901-7, and I cannot
> > reproduce.  I think this must be come xserver/configuration problem.
> 
> Possible, I suppose it might have coincided with an xorg upgrade;
> however, the issue is exactly as identified in previous bug report -
> it's also exactly replicated on several machines on which I have axiom,
> and it all worked in the past.
> 
> I can't now test Tim's num-lock theory for the reasons stated below.
> However, I was able to change the cell of focus with the mouse, but no
> keys produced any output, on the keypad or otherwise.
> 
> > There is an axiom wiki for frequently encountered problems.  Can you
> > identify anything there with something similar?  Can you try asking at
> > <address@hidden>?
> 
> I've just had a look through it. I don't see anything yet.
> 
> >> I'm still experiencing this bug in version 20050901-6.
> >> As before no input in the areas in hyperdoc is accepted.
> 
> Unfortunately, in 20050901-7 I'm having a different problem.
> 
> If I go to reference -> search in the hyperdoc system, I *can* enter text.
> 

OK, so this issue would appear closed.

> However, if I for example go to
> 
> Settings -> Settings
> 
> or
> 
> Basic Commands -> Calculus -> Differentiate
> 
> an hourglass appears, never dismisses and
> 
> (1) ->
> (1) ->
>    >> System error:
>    Unexpected end of #<string-input stream from "                ...">.
> 
> (1) ->
> 
> appears in the console (which is still active). Again, this happens on
> two machines I have dist-upgraded. Num-lock makes no difference for this
> at least.
> 

OK, sock_get_string_buf, which appears correctly prototyped, is
returning 0, which from the code appears to indicate a socket read
error in one of the routines in sockio-c.c.

Fellow axiom developers -- any ideas here?

Take care,

> I'll keep searching the wiki. Thanks for the help.
> 
> CT.
> 
> 
> 

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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