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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 15:15:27 CDT

Dear Pawel,
  VMD 1.7.1 will not work in your CAVE as it had some internal software
bugs. We have fixed these problems in VMD 1.8, so I would recommend that
you download one of the pre-release versions of VMD 1.8 instead. The default
cave sensor settings in the .vmdsensors file included with VMD should be
enough to get you started if you run the new version. From the symptoms
you described, I think that just upgrading to the pre-release version of
VMD 1.8 should take care of the majority of your problems. Please let us
know if you need more help getting it running.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 03:20:17PM -0500, Pawel Kedzierski wrote:
>
> Dear VMD users,
>
> I am trying to get VMD (1.7.1) working with our CAVE installation.
> This is under SGI Irix 6.5, R12000 (IP35). The hardware we have here
> is not listed in the .vmdsensors file, so I suspect this is the source
> of the problem, but I might be wrong. Basically I do not know, what
> should I try, so any help is appreciated.
>
> The tracking and input system:
> * Ascension "Flock of Birds" tracker
> * Fakespace workwand
> * Fakespace pinch gloves
>
> The software:
> trackerd version 5.0
>
> The command:
> locally: vmd -dispdev cave
> remote display: vmd -dispdev caveforms -display $DISPLAY
>
> The symptoms:
> If the tracker daemon software is not running, VMD crashes immediately.
> If the trackerd is running, VMD initializes the CAVE system (which
> gets blank), and starts up to the point of reading the .vmdsensors
> file, then it writes out the screen resolution and hangs. The menus
> do not appear, and it also do not respond on the commandline.
>
> I am looking forward for any hints.
>
> Pawel Kedzierski
>
>
> Pawel Kedzierski, kedziers_at_ccmsi.us
> Chemistry/CREST, Jacson State University 

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