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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2012 - 10:56:45 CDT

Hi,
  Those commands should be run in the Unix shell, not in the VMD console.
(e.g. don't run a VMD session from within an existing one, just run a new
 one from the unix shell) I'm assuming that you had run one from within the
other due to the complaint about the invalid "dispdev" command. Either that,
or there was some other typo not shown in your email below.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 09:22:50AM -0700, Ginger Emel wrote:
> I am following the instructions listed in the NAMD tutorial for unix. On
> page 11, step 8, it says the following:
> 8 In a Terminal window (again, be sure that you are in the 1-1-build
> directory), type the following command:
> > vmd -dispdev text -e ubq.pgn
> This will run the package psfgen on the file ubq.pgn and generate the psf
> and the pdb file of ubiquitin with hydrogens.
> When I try this, I get:
> invalid command name "dispdev"
> I am in the 1-1-build directory. VMD is in my main directory and I have
> created an alias correctly.
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> -Ginger 

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