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From: Dmitry Osolodkin (dmitry_o_at_org.chem.msu.su)
Date: Mon Jun 06 2005 - 05:57:34 CDT

I can open the xterm from within the same shell, and vmd console opens
when I type "vmd" in my shell. Then it gives this text and closes xterm.
About DISPLAY: I've got this from my bash:
> echo $DISPLAY
:0
When I try to type echo $DISPLAY in text mode of vmd, it says " can't
read "display": no such variable"

>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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