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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 14 2007 - 20:34:06 CST

On 11/15/07, James.Beavis_at_csiro.au <James.Beavis_at_csiro.au> wrote:
>

james,

> but...
>
> VMD is working fine now in root, however when I login as a user the vmd
> main window does not open, yet the OpenGL display and vmd console do,
> any suggestions?

this would happen if you have a .vmdrc in your home (or working)
directory, that has no "menu main on" or when your installation
is incomplete/incorrect.

cheers,
   axel.

>
> Cheers
>
> James
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Axel Kohlmeyer [mailto:akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2007 4:50 PM
> To: Beavis, James (DET, Clayton)
> Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: installed vmd_LINUXIA64 but recieve error :
> /usr/local/vmd/vmd_LINUX: command not found
>
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, James.Beavis_at_csiro.au wrote:
>
> JB> I've compiled vmd_LINUXIA64 and tried to run vmd, however the GUI
> poped
> JB> up for a second and then disappeared.
> JB>
> JB> I then tried following the manuals and tried to run vmd through the
> JB> terminal using vmd -dispdev text however I received the following
> error:
> JB>
> JB> /usr/local/vmd/vmd_LINUX: command not found
>
> this means, that you _don't_ have a LINUXIA64 machine,
> but most likely an AMD64 (or x86_64 or EM64T).
>
> as mentioned many, many times before on this list
> and in the online-documentation etc. etc.
> you should specify what kind of OS/CPU you have.
> ("cat /proc/cpuinfo" and "uname -a" help on
> linux machines). and please clarify, which version
> of VMD you downloaded. it looks to me that you
> didn't download the source code and thus you
> actually didn't compile VMD.
>
> try downloading the LINUX openGL or LINUXAMD64 version
> (this one works also on intel cpus, despite the name,
> for as long as they are compatible with the AMD64
> instruction set).
>
> cheers,
> axel.
>
> JB>
> JB> I don't think this is a library issue, although it obviously is
> trying
> JB> to find something that is not there, my thinking is that vmd hasn't
> JB> compiled itself correctly and is looking for LINUX version and not
> the
> JB> LINUXIA64 version. I'm probably wrong but I've found it hard to make
> the
> JB> suggestions in the manuals work for me.
> JB>
> JB>
> JB>
> JB> Any ideas?
> JB>
> JB>
> JB>
> JB> Cheers
> JB>
> JB>
> JB>
> JB> James
> JB>
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  Center for Molecular Modeling   --   University of Pennsylvania
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