Re: mathematica on macbook... hangs on 5-4
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- Subject: [mg87277] Re: mathematica on macbook... hangs on 5-4
- From: "D. Grady" <D.C.Grady at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 06:43:46 -0400 (EDT)
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On Apr 4, 2:58 am, Reb <rimbalz... at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have installed Mathematica 6.0.2.0 onto a macbook 2.2 GHz Intel Core > 2 Duo running OS X 10.5.2 (2GB of ram). The program (as the version > 6.0.0) hangs in evaluating even the simplest cells such as addition > 2+2. It just hangs for minutes without giving any message. Mathematica > 10.5.2 works fine... I have noticed that if I run it as admin it gives > me these problems while if I run it as ROOT user it doesn't. > Suggestions? I have what sounds like a similar problem on my Mac (Mathematica 6.0.0, Mac OS 10.5.2). After I launch Mathematica, the first expression I evaluate can take a long time (comparatively- I don't think it's ever been longer than one minute). I've found that if I manually launch the kernel before evaluating any expressions, this delay is eliminated. For some reason, letting the kernel launch automatically with the first expression I evaluate takes much longer than launching the kernel manually, and then evaluating the first expression. I have no idea why this is. If you find that manually launching the kernel solves your problem, there is a way to set up the kernel to launch automatically whenever you start Mathematica- look in Evaluation>Kernel Configuration Options... Sorry I can't give a better explanation! -Daniel