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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2007 - 23:50:04 CST

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, James.Beavis_at_csiro.au wrote:

JB> I've compiled vmd_LINUXIA64 and tried to run vmd, however the GUI poped
JB> up for a second and then disappeared.
JB>
JB> I then tried following the manuals and tried to run vmd through the
JB> terminal using vmd -dispdev text however I received the following error:
JB>
JB> /usr/local/vmd/vmd_LINUX: command not found

this means, that you _don't_ have a LINUXIA64 machine,
but most likely an AMD64 (or x86_64 or EM64T).

as mentioned many, many times before on this list
and in the online-documentation etc. etc.
you should specify what kind of OS/CPU you have.
("cat /proc/cpuinfo" and "uname -a" help on
linux machines). and please clarify, which version
of VMD you downloaded. it looks to me that you
didn't download the source code and thus you
actually didn't compile VMD.

try downloading the LINUX openGL or LINUXAMD64 version
(this one works also on intel cpus, despite the name,
for as long as they are compatible with the AMD64
instruction set).

cheers,
  axel.

JB>
JB> I don't think this is a library issue, although it obviously is trying
JB> to find something that is not there, my thinking is that vmd hasn't
JB> compiled itself correctly and is looking for LINUX version and not the
JB> LINUXIA64 version. I'm probably wrong but I've found it hard to make the
JB> suggestions in the manuals work for me.
JB>
JB>
JB>
JB> Any ideas?
JB>
JB>
JB>
JB> Cheers
JB>
JB>
JB>
JB> James
JB>
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