Try using the tty listener:
./factor -run=listener

I have never had arithmetic calculations mess up like that.  Can you  
narrow down the problem if it's broken in the tty?

Doug

On Jun 2, 2008, at 12:11 PM, "Doug Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I built factor on an old G3 ibook that runs Ubuntu Gutsy.  When I  
> started factor from the command line, I noticed a couple of issues:
>
> 1.  There were several buttons at the top of the gui that lacked any  
> text.  They appear to have functionality but no text on them  
> identifying what they do.
> 2.  When I type in the gui, the current character under the cursor  
> is always wrong.  For example, if I type a 1, it displays as  
> something else, until I type a space after it, at which time it  
> becomes a 1.
>
> Then I opened up the cookbook and ran into another issue:  following  
> the basic syntax cookbook, I typed 10 sq 5 - .
> Instead of 95, I got 99 as the result.  Just for fun, I tried  
> reversing the numbers and typed 5 sq 10 - .  This time I got -99
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
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