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From: lam nguyen (lamvn08_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 12 2012 - 20:37:19 CDT

Hi John,

I think I have VMD 1.9 and did not customize .vmdrc.

Here is what I get:

% package require vmdmovie

1.8

% vmdinfo version

1.9

% vmdinfo options

LINUXAMD64 OPENGL FLTK TK ACTC CUDA IMD LIBSBALL XINERAMA XINPUT LIBTACHYON
VRPN NETCDF TCL PYTHON PTHREADS NUMPY SILENT

Lam

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:53 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi,
> If you're still only running VMD 1.8.x, then yes, you will need
> to update. On the other hand, another question I have for you is whether
> you have customized anything in your .vmdrc or if you're running the stock
> VMD startup scripts? If you've customized it, you should make sure you
> don't have any callbacks activated on things like the vmd_frame etc before
> you try to make a user-defined movie. We have been using the user-defined
> movie feature every day here recently, so it is working fine for us.
>
> What does this command say when you run it in the VMD console:
> package require vmdmovie
>
> What does this command say when you run it in the VMD console:
> vmdinfo version
>
> What does this command say when you run it in the VMD console:
> vmdinfo options
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 04:55:38PM -0700, lam nguyen wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > I got 1.8. I guess it's VMD version?
> > Lam
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 6:45 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Lam,
> > What version of VMD are you running? What do you get if you
> > run this command in the text console:
> > package require vmdmovie
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 05:57:53PM -0800, lam nguyen wrote:
> > > Oh you're right Axel. I did not notice that I can choose none
> when
> > it asks
> > > for svgalib. Now netpbm is installed. But the same error still
> > persists
> > > when I use usermovie.tcl.
> > > Lam
> > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Axel Kohlmeyer <
> akohlmey_at_gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:34 PM, lam nguyen <
> lamvn08_at_gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > I tried to install netpbm again. It requires svgalib but I
> > cannot get
> > > > svgalib installed.
> > >
> > > no it doesn't. just compile netpbm without svgalib support.
> > > it is unlikely that you'll ever need svgalib.
> > >
> > > axel.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Lam
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 3:31 PM, lam nguyen <
> lamvn08_at_gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Hi John,
> > > >>
> > > >> Normal built-in movies are fine. Just tried them out.
> Still
> > cannot
> > > use the
> > > >> user-define on linux. :(
> > > >>
> > > >> Lam
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:27 PM, John Stone <
> johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Hi,
> > > >>> Before you would be able to make any of the user-defined
> > movies,
> > > >>> you would need to ensure that the "normal" built-in movie
> > types
> > > >>> like the rocking movies work. If you don't have required
> > tools like
> > > >>> NetPBM installed, then there's no way that any of it is
> going
> > to
> > > work
> > > >>> correctly. I recommend you get that fixed first, and
> once
> > you get
> > > the
> > > >>> normal rocking movies running, the user-defined movies
> should
> > also
> > > work.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Cheers,
> > > >>> John Stone
> > > >>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 10:10:05AM -0800, lam nguyen
> wrote:
> > > >>> > Yes I did try those 2 scripts on linux and on
> macbook.
> > On linux
> > > both
> > > >>> > scripts did not work. On mac, one of them worked
> fine,
> > > >>> > the usermoviefade.tcl did not work.
> > > >>> > If I recall correctly I might have failed installing
> > netpbm on
> > > linux
> > > >>> > because I could not install all the dependencies.
> Would
> > that be
> > > the
> > > >>> > problem that gave the error? If yes I will try
> install
> > netpbm
> > > again.
> > > >>> > Thanks,
> > > >>> > Lam
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM, John Stone
> > <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > > >>> > wrote:
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > Hi,
> > > >>> > I'm not sure why you're having trouble there, it
> > seems
> > > >>> > reasonable.
> > > >>> > Perhaps there's a typo in your script that I'm not
> > seeing
> > > below.
> > > >>> > What happens if you download and run one of the
> > example
> > > >>> > user-defined
> > > >>> > movie scripts that are posted here:
> > > >>> >
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> >
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/usermovie.tcl
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> >
> > >
> >
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/usermoviefade.tcl
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > Cheers,
> > > >>> > John Stone
> > > >>> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > >>> > On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 10:49:00AM -0800, lam
> nguyen
> > wrote:
> > > >>> > > Dear all,
> > > >>> > > I want to learn how to make movies with
> > user-defined
> > > scripts.
> > > >>> > I
> > > >>> > started
> > > >>> > > with a simple script from the VMD tutorial.
> Here
> > is the
> > > >>> > content:
> > > >>> > > proc moviecallback { args } {
> > > >>> > > puts "User-defined movie frame update
> callback
> > frame:
> > > >>> > > $::MovieMaker::userframe
> > > >>> > > / $::MovieMaker::numframes"
> > > >>> > > rotate y by 5
> > > >>> > > }
> > > >>> > > ## Easy-to-use proc to enable the
> user-defined
> > movie
> > > frame
> > > >>> > callback
> > > >>> > > proc enablemoviecallback { } {
> > > >>> > > trace add variable ::MovieMaker::userframe
> > write
> > > >>> > moviecallback
> > > >>> > > }
> > > >>> > > ## Easy-to-use proc to disable the
> user-defined
> > movie
> > > frame
> > > >>> > callback
> > > >>> > > proc disablemoviecallback { } {
> > > >>> > > trace remove variable
> ::MovieMaker::userframe
> > write
> > > >>> > moviecallback
> > > >>> > > }
> > > >>> > > In the Tk console:
> > > >>> > > source usermovie.tcl
> > > >>> > > enablemoviecallback
> > > >>> > > Then in the movie maker window I chose User
> > defined
> > > >>> > procedure.
> > > >>> > > However I got an error message: Invalid input
> > file
> > > expansion
> > > >>> > expression
> > > >>> > > (no ']')
> > > >>> > > Can anyone please tell me what I did wrong
> here?
> > > >>> > > Thanks
> > > >>> > > Lam
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > --
> > > >>> > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and
> > Bioinformatics
> > > >>> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and
> Technology
> > > >>> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave,
> Urbana, IL
> > 61801
> > > >>> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone:
> > 217-244-3349
> > > >>> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ 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
> > > >>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone:
> 217-244-3349
> > > >>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax:
> 217-244-6078
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
> > > akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> > >
> > > College of Science and Technology
> > > Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
> >
> > --
> > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ 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
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>