From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 18 2009 - 10:15:24 CDT

On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 00:09 -0500, Cesar Millan wrote:
> Hi everyone, I'm tryong to run vmd 1.8.7a63 in a macbook, when I
> download a pdb and try to represent it with a MSMS surface appears the
> following message:
>
> Info) Starting MSMS with: 'msms -no_area -socketPort 1357 &'
> msms(879) malloc: *** mmap(size=3623616512) failed (error code=12)
> *** error: can't allocate region
> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> ERROR) Unknown MSMS message: multivac.local: get_atom_no_num: Memory
> allocation failed...Too many or Too few points : -1
>
> If I try to do the same but with vmd 1.8.6 everything runs fine. Also,
> when working with vmd 1.8.7a63 appears a "cursor" on the left of the
> pointer, this is no a problem I just want to nottice.

cesar,

please provide a "saved state" file generated with both
vmd 1.8.6 and the alpha version you tested, so that we
can try to reproduce the problem and see what is causing
this. does the alpha version always fail on MSMS or only
on this specific example? what happens if you reboot in
between?

thanks,
   axel.

>
> Best regards.
>
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> Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos
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