From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 22 2016 - 17:36:08 CST

Hi,
  I forgot one other possibility:
Please make sure that you have write permission in the directory
where VMD is trying to store temporary files, or if you're downloading
files first, that your target or working directory is writable.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 05:33:14PM -0600, John Stone wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible that the Windows firewall is preventing VMD from
> accessing the network on your computer? The "Windows Defender" firewall
> feature has become progressively more restrictive, and the default behavior
> on most machines today is that Windows will deny applications from opening
> network connections unless you have specifically allowed it. Often, Windows
> will pop open a dialog box that asks for permission at the moment the
> application tries to make a network connection.
>
> We haven't made any recent changes to the software that would affect
> PDB loading that I'm aware of, and it works fine for me when I try
> and load the same structure code, so I would suggest checking whether
> your firewall settings are allowing VMD network access or not.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 06:56:00AM +0000, Anna Lohning wrote:
> > Hi
> > I am running VMD on a Windows 7 system and receive this error while
> > retrieving pdb files from RCSB server. I cant find anyone having this
> > error on the mailing list. It's most likely a setting but not sure where
> > to look.
> > The detailed error log is:
> > Unable to load file '2hbs' using file type 'webpdb'.
> > Unable to load file '2hbs' using file type 'webpdb'.
> > while executing
> > "mol new $pdbcode"
> > (procedure "::PDBTool::pdbload" line 6)
> > invoked from within
> > "::PDBTool::pdbload"
> > invoked from within
> > ".pdbtool.pdbfile.pdbload invoke"
> > ("uplevel" body line 1)
> > invoked from within
> > "uplevel #0 [list $w invoke]"
> > (procedure "tk::ButtonUp" line 24)
> > invoked from within
> > "tk::ButtonUp .pdbtool.pdbfile.pdbload"
> > (command bound to event)
> > If anyone has any suggestions, it would be most appreciated.
> > Pre-downloading is obvious workaround but I'd like to see if this is
> > something that can be fixed.
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Anna
> >
> > Dr Anna Lohning
> > Assistant Professor - Biochemistry
> > Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine
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