Disabling randomization of the virtual address space may also help:
setarch i386 -R maxima
ii maxima 5.17.1-1ubuntu1 Linux 2.6.31-22-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 27 02:41:03 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux (partly updated Jaunty)
Disabling randomization of the virtual address space may also help:
setarch i386 -R maxima
ii maxima 5.17.1-1ubuntu1
Linux 2.6.31-22-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 27 02:41:03 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux (partly updated Jaunty)