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From: dimka (newyorkdimka_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 02 2006 - 18:25:08 CST

compiling it it the text-only mode will work.
Are there instructions on how to do this?

On 2/2/06, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> You probably still need a script to setup the dynamic linkage stuff
> correctly as I recall. Regarding remote batch mode access, it depends
> greatly on which version of MacOS X you're running. I think some revs
> always yielded errors, like the one you've posted, but others worked fine.
> In any case, if you really want a text-only VMD, it's easy to compile one
> from the source code, disabling all of the graphics features (smaller too!).
> Let me know if you need more help with that.
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 02:54:32PM -0500, dimka wrote:
> > Is it possible to remotely run "vmd -dispdev text -e script.tcl" (to
> > run scripts in batch mode) on Mac OS X?
> >
> > I found a post that dates back to 2003, do you still need a script so that
> > your VMD starts up correctly and finds its dynamic link libraries? if
> > so, where can i get that script?
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/1896.html
> >
> > I'm getting the following error...
> >
> > % vmd_MACOSX -dispdev text
> > kCGErrorRangeCheck : Window Server communications from outside of
> > session allowed for root and console user only
> > INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the
> > WindowServer.Abort
>
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