i have just installed the maxima and the front end wxmaxima from the ubuntu forum posted by -LaserJock (Maxima fix needs help testing) which suggested the apt-get, having added the source: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-proposed main universe
and installed both with no worries and it does not loose or fail to connect no longer. many thanks, padeco -- [SRU] maxima frontends fail to connect https://launchpad.net/bugs/43150 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
