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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 03 2003 - 18:44:26 CST

Dear Luis,
  Before you can remote display applications from one Unix machine
to another, you need to make sure that you use "xhost +remotemachine"
to allow it. Try running 'xterm' remotely first, if 'xterm' doesn't
work, then VMD won't either... Do 'man xhost' for more information on
how xhost works.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 03:51:57PM -0600, Luis Guillermo Cota Preciado wrote:
>
>
> Hello:
>
> Is VMD made to be used on remote sessions? All I get from a session on a
> SGI (with xhost +) from a Linux server is two short-living windows, one
> with the error messages:
>
> Multithreading available, 2 CPUs detected
> Connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Client is not authorized to connect to server
> OpenGL renderer: CRIME
>
> By looking at other similar postings, I still don't have it clear what is
> missing. The solution "vmd -dispdev text" does work, but (I haven't read
> much of the manual yet) what is that for?
>
> The binary I downloaded is the one for Linux with OpenGL.
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> 

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