--- loncom/lonmaxima	2009/04/17 00:12:14	1.40
+++ loncom/lonmaxima	2013/07/04 11:44:44	1.42
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Connect to MAXIMA CAS
 #
-# $Id: lonmaxima,v 1.40 2009/04/17 00:12:14 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonmaxima,v 1.42 2013/07/04 11:44:44 droeschl Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@ sub make_new_child {
 
         &logthis('New process started');
 
-        my $command=Expect->spawn('maxima');
+        my $command = new Expect();
+        $command->log_stdout(0);
+        #$command->log_file("$execdir/logs/lonmaxima.session.log");
+        $command->spawn('maxima');
+        &getmaximaoutput($command, 2); # wait for maxima to finish initialization
 	# soft/hard_close can take awhile and we really
         # don't care we just want it gone
 	$SIG{INT} = sub {
@@ -268,8 +272,6 @@ sub make_new_child {
 	    exit; 
 	};
 
-	$command->log_stdout(0);
-	#$command->log_file("$execdir/logs/lonmaxima.session.log");
 
         for (my $i=0; $i < $MAX_CLIENTS_PER_CHILD; $i++) {
             &status('Accepting connections');
@@ -335,17 +337,17 @@ sub getmaximaoutput {
        	if ($numcheck eq 2) {
 	    # command was the killall so should get a full reset on
 	    # command numbers
-	    $regexp = '(\(\%i(1)\)|Incorrect syntax\:)';
+	    $regexp = '(\(\%i(1)\)|[Ii]ncorrect syntax\:)';
 	} elsif ($command->match() =~ /\(\%i(\d+)\)/) {
             my $nextmatch = $1+1;
-            $regexp = '(\(\%i'.$nextmatch.'\)|Incorrect syntax\:)';
+            $regexp = '(\(\%i'.$nextmatch.'\)|[Ii]ncorrect syntax\:)';
         }
     }
     my $timeout = 20;
     my (undef,$error,$matched,$output) =
 	$command->expect($timeout, -re => $regexp);
 
-    if ($numcheck && $matched eq 'Incorrect syntax:') {
+    if ($numcheck && lc($matched) eq 'incorrect syntax:') {
 	$syntaxerr = 1;
 	if (wantarray) {
 	    return ($matched,$syntaxerr);
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ sub getmaximaoutput {
     foreach my $line (split(/\n/,$output)) {
        if ($line=~/\;/) { $foundoutput=1; next; }
        if (!$foundoutput) { next; }
-       if ($line=~/^Incorrect syntax:/) { $syntaxerr = 1; next; }
+       if ($line=~/^[Ii]ncorrect syntax:/) { $syntaxerr = 1; next; }
        if ($line=~ /^(\(\%o\d+\))(.+)$/){
            my $label = $1;
            $line = $2;