Error: can't read debugstate: no such variable

[Enrico Segre]

[resending - listserver down during the weekend?]

> i've x86 (core duo) with arch linux.
> 
> i've just built scilab-se-build-4_21422 (a build of 4.1.2 wouldn't work 
> at all) with these options:

I confirm that I can build BUILD4 on a multicore x64 system. I got
r24233, for the record. The only problem known to me specific of x64,
which is not in x32, is bug 2394/2448.

I can reproduce your error though, if I tamper with the file
~/.Scilab/scilab-4.1.2/.SciPadPreferences.tcl and write there an invalid
number for the entry tabsizeinchars (say -5). This causes a complaint in
the scilab shell analogous to yours (the decimal number in the error
message is slightly different, but I think this is a result of the
particular screen metrics), an apparent success in bringing up the main
editor window, but a tk_messageBox complaining about debugstate all the
time subsequently, and an unusable scipad. This story about debugstate
is understandable since the initialization of scipad couldn't complete
as it should have in first instance, and doesn't trouble me.

So, I suggest you to check what happened with the .SciPadPreferences.tcl
file - if you edited it just correct it (or remove it, it will be
recreated with defaults). If that is not the case please come back,
we'll see why it happens that way.

hth, Enrico