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In article <1992Sep28.212925.2855@athena.mit.edu> shanega@athena.mit.edu  
(Shane G. Artis) writes:
> Hi, can anyone confirm or deny a problem I'm having with Mathematica
> version 2.0.4.1 and NeXTSTEP 3.0?  I just upgraded my NeXTstation and
> Mathematica will execute as before until I attempt a calculation.
> When I type, for example, 2+2 and press Enter, Mathematica goes off
> and says it's calculating, but I hear no disk action as before when it
> started up the kernel, and the calculation never completes.
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> Mathematica doesn't hang - it still works from the menu, but it appears
> that only the front end is working.  Is this just some kind of
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> Preferences or Path bug?  Clues would be appreciated since if  
Mathematica
> doesn't work then I can't stay with 3.0.
> 
> Shane
I had seen these kinds of problem many times when I changes/upgrades  
anything related to Mathematica. Mma does not complete the calculation,  
but doesn't give error messages either. If you run "math" in a terminal  
window, Mma is more frank about what it does not like, so I always test  
Mma first in a terminal window.

In this terminal window, it may cpomplain about Mma not being installed  
completely. When I called WRI, they adviced me to install it (2.0.4.5)  
again, possibly at some time when the network is less busy. 

When this is fixed, Mma-Frontend might still not work. then REMOVE the  
~/Library/Mathematica folder in your Home directory. This is where the Mma  
frontend stores all the customizations you did (Windowsize, remote  
kernels, ...), but these defaults may no longer be compatible with the new  
version of Mma or the new path where Mma is installed. Don't try to edit  
these defaults, just remove them. Next time you start up the frontend, the  
missing folder will be replaced by a functional default copy.

Christian Kurrer