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From: Dong Xu (d1xu_at_ucsd.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2008 - 13:04:52 CDT

Hi John,

I disabled SCIM and it worked! I'm also interested in trying out the
new VMD 1.8.7. Please let me know how I can get a copy.

Thanks a lot!

Dong Xu

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:25 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Indeed, a little googling seems to indicate that SCIM has known
> problems with Tcl/Tk and Python/tkInter of various versions.
> A few of the discussions I found seem to indicate that this may be
> fixed in the new Tcl/Tk 8.5.x release, which I'm about 50% of the
> way done building on all of the VMD platforms. I could probably
> get you an alpha test build of VMD 1.8.7 based on the new Tcl/Tk 8.5.x
> for you to test on your system. If that interests you, I could
> probably have that working by middle of next week.
>
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:10:04PM -0700, Dong Xu wrote:
> > Hi John and Alex,
> >
> > After reading your replies, I'm pretty positive that the problem is caused
> > by SCIM. I guess recompilation of VMD against the new Tcl will be time
> > consuming. Do you know how to disable SCIM on Redhat Enterprise 5 system?
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Dong Xu
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > What language/locale do you have set on that machine? I've
> > > previously encountered this problem when using a Suse 10.x installation
> > > on a machine that was setup for internationalization. If you can tell
> > > me more details about your machine, I should be able to help.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 07:21:16PM -0700, Dong Xu wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > I ran into a weird problem with my new dual Quad-core Dell system running
> > > > RedHat Enterprise 5 Linux. VMD works ok except that I can't enter text in
> > > > textbox of the plugin windows. e.g. VolMap Tool selection. In fact this
> > > > happens to all of the extensions. Oddly enough, mouse clicks on pull-down
> > > > menu/radio selection are just fine and I can enter text in file browse
> > > (open
> > > > or save) windows from the plugins. Tk console and RMSD Tool work
> > > > occasionally. Everything that is lauched from VMD main program, e.g.
> > > Graphic
> > > > Representation, work normally.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone seen similar problems? I've tried both 64-bit and 32-bit VMD
> > > > 1.8.6 and 1.8.5. They all behave the same. Any help is greatly
> > > appreciated!
> > > >
> > > > Dong Xu
> > >
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> > > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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> > > Fax: 217-244-6078
> > >
>
> --
>
>
> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>