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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:53:15 CDT

there is no reason to post this to the namd-l mailing list.
please keep it on the VMD mailing list. thanks.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:59 AM, oguz gurbulak <gurbulakoguz_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear John,
>
> I tried to run vmd with "vmd -dispdev text" command in terminal but again
> nothing happened and I couldn't open vmd main window. vmd was installed but

something "has" to happen.
either you would get a "command not found"
error or some text output.

> I couldn't find how to open it. Should I install a different version of vmd
> for a different platform like "Linux PowerPC (64-bit) Text-mode" ? or

no.

> Should I write a different command to run vmd in terminal ? What do you
> recommend ? How can I solve this problem ?

please follow the instructions and report truthfully.
your "nothing" cannot be.

thanks,
      axel.

> Thanks for the help.
>
> Best regards.
>
> We recommend that all users upgrade to VMD 1.9.1
>
> Source Code
> LINUX OpenGL, CUDA (Linux (32-bit, RHEL4 or later) with CUDA)
> LINUX_64 OpenGL, CUDA (Linux (64-bit Intel/AMD x86) with CUDA) (my choice)
> LINUX PPC64 Text-mode (Linux PowerPC (64-bit) Text-mode)
> MacOS X OpenGL, CUDA (32-bit Intel x86) (Apple MacOS-X 10.5.x or later with
> CUDA)
> MacOS X OpenGL (32-bit Intel x86) (Apple MacOS-X 10.5.x or later)
> MacOS X OpenGL (PowerPC) (Apple MacOS-X 10.4.7 or later)
> SOLARISX86_64 OpenGL (Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit x86) with OpenGL)
> Windows OpenGL, CUDA (Windows XP/Vista/7 (32-bit) with OpenGL and CUDA)
> Windows OpenGL (Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 (32-bit) using OpenGL)
> Unofficial (unsupported) VMD builds (Experimental builds for MacOS X)
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> To: oguz gurbulak <gurbulakoguz_at_yahoo.com>
> Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:59 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: vmd installation problem
>
>
> What happens if you run it like this:
> vmd -dispdev text
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 07:54:16AM -0700, oguz gurbulak wrote:
>> Dear VMD users,
>> I successfully installed vmd-1.9.1.bin.LINUXAMD64.opengl.tar version to
>> Linux 64 bit Rock cluster. But when I typed a**vmda** in terminal, vmd
>> program couldna**t start. Vmd appeared to work but VMD Main window
>> didna**t open. I also didna**t get any error message after I typed
>> a**vmda** . How can I solve this problem ? Could you please help me to
>> solve this problem ?
>> Thank you very much for your attention.
>>
>> Best regards.
>
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> 

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Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer  akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.