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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 12 2009 - 13:40:02 CST

Hi,
  Run it with vmd -dispdev text and see if you get errors of one kind
or another. See the VMD Linux release notes documentation if you encounter
an error at startup. Let us know if you still have questions after you've
read these docs.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:08:19AM -0800, Fernanda S. wrote:
>
> Hi!
>  
> I'm new at the molecular modelling world... and I guess I'm lost. I'm trying to install VMD-1.8.6 in my laptop. I'm running Mandriva 2009 in a ACER Aspire 4530 AMD Athlon 64X2 dual-core, NVIDIA GeForce 9100M.
>  
> I did the installation as explained in the installation guide and everything seemed fine. In the end of the process, the sentence "VMD installation complete. Enjoy!" shows up. But when I type "vmd" to begin, nothing happens and the only thing that appears in the Xterm console is:
>  
> [fernanda_at_localhost ~]$ vmd
> [1] 19658
> [fernanda_at_localhost ~]$
>  
> The number after the [1] changes everytime I type vmd.
>  
> I think I've added the directory to my path, using the command:
> PATH=$PAHT:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin/vmd
>  
> Does anyone has any idea of what I'm doing (or have done) wrong? Please, keep in mind that I'm really new in this area.
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Fernanda
>
>
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