From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 22 2010 - 11:37:48 CDT

Jayne,
  I'm able to load your files without any problem.
What happens when you run this command on your machine:
  mol new 1crn.face

What do you have your locale or internationalization settings
set to on your machine?

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 08:59:12AM +0100, Jayne Wallace wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I've attached the files for you.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Jayne
> ________________________________________
> From: John Stone [johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu]
> Sent: 21 June 2010 22:00
> To: Jayne Wallace
> Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: Cannot read MSMS data files
>
> Hi,
> Can you gzip the .face and .vert files and email them to me?
> I want to see exactly what is happening when they are created, this
> could be some sort of internationalization issue, so I want to see
> the actual files your runs generated.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 03:12:07PM +0100, Jayne Wallace wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to display a protein using the MSMS representation. I have downloaded the file msms_i86Linux2_2.6.1.tar.gz from http://mgltools.scripps.edu/downloads. I've tried running the following command from within the VMD console:
> >
> > msms -if 1crn.xyzr -of 1crn
> >
> > and it seems to run OK. It tells me MSMS terminated normally and it generates 1crn.vert and 1crn.face files. However, I can't load them into VMD. When I try to do "load data into molecule" (1crn.pdb is already loaded into the viewer) I get the following error:
> >
> > ERROR) Reading raw graphics failed
> >
> > Also, if I do graphics -> representations -> MSMS then the screen goes blank and the console says:
> >
> > MSMS END
> > Info) Done with MSMS surface.
> > Info) Performing ACTC Triangle Consolidation...
> > Info) ACTC: Created 959 triangle strips
> > Info) ACTC: Average vertices per strip = 8
> >
> > At the top of the .vert and .face files are 2 comment lines. I get the same errors with or without these comment lines in the files.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help,
> >
> > Jayne
>
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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu                 Phone: 217-244-3349
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