From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed May 25 2016 - 00:57:24 CDT

Hi,
  Did you perhaps install a non-graphical version of VMD?
What do you get if you run this command in the interactive VMD text console:
  vmdinfo options

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:03:52AM +0300, Liviu Zarbo wrote:
> Hi, I installed vmd binaries on my ubuntu laptop and followed the
> instructions. But, whenever I type
> vmd file.pdb, I don't get the graphical interface. I'm not sure what's
> wrong since I get no error message.
>
> vmd, vmd -dispdev win, also give no graphical interface.
>
> I wonder if others had this problem.

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