From: Al-Ali, Hassan (HAlAli_at_med.miami.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2008 - 19:16:09 CDT

Installing the compatibility library resolved the issue. Thanks a lot!
 
 
 Regards,
 Hassan Al-Ali,
 Ph.D. student, Department of
 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
 Leonard Miller School of Medicine
 University of Miami,
 

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From: akohlmey_at_gmail.com on behalf of Axel Kohlmeyer
Sent: Wed 7/30/2008 4:24 PM
To: Al-Ali, Hassan
Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: vmd-l: Vmd on Fedora 9

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Al-Ali, Hassan <HAlAli_at_med.miami.edu> wrote:
> Indeed, I did follow the installation notes, as I noted in my previous email.
> How do I check whether or not I need compatibility libraries though?

including this one??

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/vmd-1.8.6/linuxrelnotes.html

it mentions fedora (and what applies for core 5 and 6 should apply
to later editions as well). other than that, run in text or debug mode.
as described in this webpage as well (including the symptoms you
describe).

cheers,
   axel.

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Hassan Al-Ali,
> Ph.D. student, Department of
> Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
> Leonard Miller School of Medicine
> University of Miami,
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu on behalf of Axel Kohlmeyer
> Sent: Wed 7/30/2008 1:18 PM
> To: Al-Ali, Hassan
> Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: Vmd on Fedora 9
>
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Al-Ali, Hassan wrote:
>
> AAH> Hello,
> AAH>
>
> AAH> I just installed VMD on fedora 9, following the installation notes
> AAH> and initial set up. However, when I start up VMD, I see a job
> AAH> started and a number given to it in the shell, and a flicker in the
> AAH> bottom right side of my screen, but then nothing. I'm guessing the
> AAH> program gets immediately terminated for some reason, and fails to
> AAH> start up properly. Any ideas why this might be happening?
>
> did you follow the linux release nodes and checked whether you
> need to install compatibility libraries?
>
> cheers,
> axel.
>
> AAH>
> AAH> Regards,
> AAH> Hassan
> AAH>
>
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