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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 07 2005 - 11:33:09 CDT

Hi,
  There's no built-in way for VMD to access remote files other than
structures that reside in the main PDB repository. If these files can
be downloaded via HTTP, it would be relatively simple to write a Tcl script
that does this however. Yes, you can run VMD with no graphics. Just
execute VMD with this command:
  vmd -dispdev text

If you want to run VMD in a batch mode, you can do that as well by
redirecting stdin/stdout and running it in the background. These startup
commands are documented in the VMD User's Guide.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:25:50PM -0400, Jindal Shah wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if I can analyze the pdb files that are stored on a remote
> machine
> but using VMD installed locally. When I try to open the VMD display, it
> returns with
> an error that X server does not support OpenGL extension. Also, is there a
> way to run
> VMD without opening the display , i.e. in a text mode?
>
> Thank you,
> Jindal 

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