VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 10:08:37 CST

Hi,
  If VMD exits immediately, this may be a sign of problems with your
OpenGL installation. What do you get if you run "glxinfo" on the same
machine in the same ways you tested VMD? If you get warnings about GLX
missing, that's a likely source of problems for VMD as well. Assuming that
you've got gdb installed, you can also run VMD like this:
  vmd -debug

When you get the gdb prompt, just type "run" and when it halts,
type the command "where" and tell me what it says.

  John

On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 04:31:46PM +0100, andrea spitaleri wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a problem with vmd installation procedure. I downloaded
> vmd-1.8.4b6.bin.LINUXAMD64.opengl.tar.gz in my home, which is imported
> from a server by ldap.
> I have untared and followed the procedure properly. Everything went
> fine. However, typing vmd I see starting vmd and the window close
> immediately!
> The strange is that if I log in in the server by using ssh -X, it runs
> exporting X. I would like to use vmd without log in in the server by
> ssh.
> I see the script vmd and I couldn't find the problem. It should run,
> isn't?
> Thanks in advance
> Regards,
> Andrea 

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