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Bug#1133711: maxima fails to start from the command line

From	Camm Maguire <camm@maguirefamily.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Bug#1133711: maxima fails to start from the command line
Date	2026-04-14 03:50 +0200
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Greetings, and thanks for your report!  Are you perchance running a
custom kernel without CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE enabled?

Take care,

Mike Haag <mhaag85893@gmail.com> writes:

> Package: maxima
> Version: 5.47.0-7
> Severity: important
> X-Debbugs-Cc: mhaag85893@gmail.com
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Maxima fails to start from the command line, displaying the following error
> message:
>
> The assertion !madvise(m,p2,MADV_HUGEPAGE) on line 67 of o/msbrk.c in function
> msbrk failed: Invalid argumentAborted
>
>
> FYI: I filed a separate bug report for wxMaxima as that package displays a
> somewhat similar error message on start up.
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 13.4
>   APT prefers stable-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-rt-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
>
> Versions of packages maxima depends on:
> ii  libc6         2.41-12+deb13u2
> ii  libedit2      3.1-20250104-1
> ii  libgmp10      2:6.3.0+dfsg-3
> ii  libtirpc3t64  1.3.6+ds-1
> ii  libx11-6      2:1.8.12-1
>
> Versions of packages maxima recommends:
> ii  gnuplot-qt [gnuplot-x11]  6.0.2+dfsg1-1
> ii  maxima-share              5.47.0-7
>
> Versions of packages maxima suggests:
> ii  maxima-doc    5.47.0-7
> pn  maxima-emacs  <none>
> pn  texmacs       <none>
> ii  tk [wish]     8.6.16
> pn  xmaxima       <none>
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>

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Camm Maguire			     		    camm@maguirefamily.org
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Bug#1133711: maxima fails to start from the command line Mike Haag <mhaag85893@gmail.com> - 2026-04-14 03:10 +0200
  Bug#1133711: maxima fails to start from the command line Camm Maguire <camm@maguirefamily.org> - 2026-04-14 03:50 +0200

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