Cannot run Mathematica 6.0.3

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have just installed Mathematica 6.0.3, but when try to run
>>> it, I get the following error:
>>>
>>> «An error has occurred while Mathematica was starting up.
>>> Mathematica may not function properly until this problem is
>>> resolved. You may choose to continue anyway, but you could
>>> encounter additional problem.»
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Last I'd heard, Ver 6 wouldn't run on Linux. Just now, I found
>> this on their website:
>> **********************************************************
>> Linux x86
>>
>> Linux 2.4 or later
>> 32-bit, 64-bit
>>
>> Mathematica 6 has been fully tested on all major Linux
>> distributions based on the 2.4 Linux kernel. On newer Linux
>> distributions, additional compatibility libraries may need to be
>> installed.
>> **********************************************************
>> So, I'd guess that you're going to have to research what those
>> additional libs might be...
>
> Thanks, Claude. I have done some research, but no success. I posted a
> message on the Mathematica newsgroup, but nobody has replied so far.
>
> Has someone on the list ever succeeded with running Mathematica 6.0.3 on F9?

Someone, meanwhile, has suggested to me to install

xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi-7.2-6.fc9.noarch

that solved the problem.

Paul