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From: Dmitry Kovalsky (dikov_at_imbg.org.ua)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 04:22:15 CDT

Dear users
I have encountered a problem. When I used vmd under RH everything was Ok. Now
I'm using ALT Linux (it is russian localization of Mandrake) and cann't start
vmd.
At first it was written "Couldn't get file descriptor to console" but now it
is fixed and as I know it is problem of tcsh
But VMD still crashes. it doesn't write anything only
[dikov_at_violet dikov]$ /usr/local/vmd/bin/vmd
[1] 2897
[dikov_at_violet dikov]$

and the terminals start and crashes rapidly
I have tryied
dikov_at_violet dikov]$ strace -ff /usr/local/vmd/bin/vmd
but

 open("/usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm", O_RDONLY) = 8
 read(8, "\32\1\34\0\35\0\17\0i\1\273\3", 12) = 12
 read(8, "xterm|X11 terminal emulator\0", 28) = 28
 read(8, "\0\1\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0"..., 29) = 29
 read(8, "\0", 1) = 1
 read(8, "P\0\10\0\30\0\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377"..., 30)
=
 30
 read(8, "\0\0\4\0\6\0\10\0\31\0\36\0&\0*\0.\0\377\3779\0J\0L\0P"..., 722) =
 722
 read(8, "\33[Z\0\7\0\r\0\33[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr\0\33[3g\0\33["..., 955) = 955
 read(8, "", 1) = 0
 read(8, "", 10) = 0
 close(8) = 0
 ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
 ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
 ioctl(1, 0x5413, {ws_row=48, ws_col=142, ws_xpixel=0, ws_ypixel=0}) = 0
 ioctl(7, 0x5414, {ws_row=11, ws_col=80, ws_xpixel=739, ws_ypixel=169}) = 0
 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
 fork(PTRACE_ATTACH: Operation not permitted
 Too late?
 ) = 2645
 wait4(2645,

and after this only Ctrl-C helps to exit
as I can understand strace cann't catch a new process at time

Could any help where is the problem

Sincerely yours,

Dima

Ph.D. Student Dmitry Kovalsky
Institute of Molecular Biology & Genetics
150 Akad. Zabolotnogo Street,
Kiev-143, 03143
UKRAINE

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