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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 03 2005 - 14:02:11 CDT

Hi,
  Since VMD says it can't open the display, that's the root of the problem.
What is your DISPLAY environment variable set to? Can you open an xterm
from within the same shell?

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:49:21PM +0400, Dmitry Osolodkin wrote:
> I have a problem with installation of vmd 1.8.3 under SUSE Linux 9.2.
> When I configure it and make install, I see no error messages. But when
> I'm tryin' to run vmd, it gives me no error messages but:
>
> Info) VMD for LINUX, version 1.8.3 (February 15, 2005)
> Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
> Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
> Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
> Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
> Info) Multithreading available, 2 CPUs detected.
> Can't open display:
>
> And then it automatically closes the console window. When I install the
> VMD 1.8., everithing is great, and all windows open. (but I can't see
> plugins in extensions menu :((()
> What may be the reason for this problem? 

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