Re: fatal error running namd on Mac

From: JC Gumbart (gumbart_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2012 - 20:25:46 CDT

Actually, you're right. Macs have always had problems with numbers with decimal points but nothing after them. "98" will work, "98.0" will work, just not "98.".

On Apr 10, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Aron Broom wrote:

> not likely to work, but what if you take out the periods? Also, is the file a proper ASCII file? I noted odd problems with things sometimes when using MAC and/or Windows.
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Jiao, Dian NMN (-EXP) <dnjiao_at_sandia.gov> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I got this error running namd for the first time on my mac:
>
> ERROR: Could not translate the value '98. 0. 0.'
> ERROR: into a Vector for the option 'cellBasisVector1'
> ERROR: Could not translate the value '0. 98. 0.'
> ERROR: into a Vector for the option 'cellBasisVector2'
> ERROR: Could not translate the value '0. 0. 71.'
> ERROR: into a Vector for the option 'cellBasisVector3'
> FATAL ERROR: ERROR(S) IN THE CONFIGURATION FILE
>
> The same config file has been successfully used to run simulations under linux without any problem. Why can't these cell vectors be recognized on mac? It is the latest version 2.9 I am running.
>
> Dian
>
>
>
> --
> Aron Broom M.Sc
> PhD Student
> Department of Chemistry
> University of Waterloo
>

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