On May 16, 8:04 pm, William Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 9:07 AM, kilucas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On May 16, 2:32 pm, William Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:01 AM, kilucas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > I'm using the VMWare Player v2.5.2 and Sage 3.4.1 on a LAN-connected
> >> > laptop with no firewall and am confused about how to reach the sage
> >> > command line.
>
> >> > If I run the VMWare Player from Windows, and use it to open sage_vmx
> >> > I'm offered a menu of 4 choices: notebook, off, manage, sage (which
> >> > says it's the option to reach the command, as I desire). If I type
> >> > "sage" (without using the "notebook" options first) lots of text
> >> > scrolls by, I see a brief message about the sage version and typing
> >> > notebook() to get a GUI, but then I'm returned to the 4 option menu
> >> > with a login prompt. Attempts to type mathematical expressions are
> >> > interpreted as attempts to login.
>
> >> > If I choose the "notebook" menu option (which returns me to the 4
> >> > option menu again) before typing "sage", I get the same effect.
>
> >> > So how should I reach the command line please or does any of this
> >> > signify a prob lem with my set up?
>
> >> The Sage binary evidently doesn't work at all on your computer, perhaps
> >> because
> >> it may be built with optimizations that your computer's CPU doesn't
> >> provide.
> >> If you do:
>
> >> login: login
>
> >> then type "sage" at the prompt, you'll probably get an error message,
> >> and if you read
> >> it, then it will probably explain that the Sage binary is too
> >> optimized for your computers
> >> architecture.
>
> >> You'll have to wait until we produce a less optimized binary (it's on
> >> the todo list), or you'll have to build
> >> one yourself for now. Alternatively of course, you can always
> >> usehttp://sagenb.org.
>
> > William
>
> > Thanks for the guidance - I'm certainly beginning to wonder if some
> > combination of my implemenattion, sage and my brain is incompatible
> > here ;-)
>
> > Just before I give up can I just check I'm trying your experiment
> > above correctly. When you say "login: login" is that the same as
> > typing "login" at the "sage login:" prompt below the 4 menu options
> > (notebook, off, manage, sage)?
>
> > And when you say to type "sage" at the prompt, I've presumed you mean
> > that I type "sage" in response to the subsequent password request. Is
> > that correct?
>
> > If I do this I don't get the compatibility warning that you mention.
> > Instead I get:
>
> > A line begining "Linux sage 2.6.17-12-386 ..."
> > A paragraph about programs in Ubuntu being free software.
> > A reminder there is absoluetly no warranty
> > A prompt that says "lo...@sage :~$"
>
> Type "sage" at the $ prompt, e.g.,
>
> lo...@sage :~$ sage
William
Very helpful. I then get the sage 3.4.1 release date etc header
folloowed by the following message before being returned to the
lo...@sage :~$ prompt
/usr/local/sage/local/bin/sage-sage: line 198 3515 Illegal
instruction sage-ipython "$@" -i
Is this sage's way of confirming your suspicion that my binary is
incompatible with my CPU? Or is there more hope here and there's
something I can do to circumvent this error.
Thanks
Kevin
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