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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2013 - 05:20:36 CDT

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Daniel.Mulvihill
<Daniel.Mulvihill_at_ul.ie> wrote:
> Thanks Axel,
>
> I had 1.8.6 installed first. Then I installed 1.9.1. But somehow that
> caused the problem - when I uninstalled 1.9.1 the loading of a molecule
> worked fine in 1.8.6.
> I'd prefer to use the new version though but just in case I run into
> this problem again I'm inclined to leave it alone.

this is not helpful and you are not making any sense. if VMD would not
be able to load pdb format file like you describe, there would be a
maelstorm of complaints on this list. so the only conclusion is that
whatever you do to load the molecule is not correct. how to do things
correctly, is described in the documentation.

axel.

>
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Axel Kohlmeyer [mailto:akohlmey_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: 11 September 2013 10:03
> To: Daniel.Mulvihill
> Cc: Vmd l
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: Problems uploading new molecule
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Daniel.Mulvihill
> <Daniel.Mulvihill_at_ul.ie> wrote:
>> Hi VMD guys
>>
>>
>>
>> I just downloaded VMD to help with my MD research.
>>
>> When I try loading a new molecule (the mbco.pdb file), I get the
>> message "please select a filetype"
>
>> But it will not allow me to select a file type other than "Automatic"
>>
>> So I can't upload anything. I would be grateful to know what I'm
> doing
>> wrong?
>
> upload?
>
> i would be grateful, if i was able to tell you what you are doing wrong,
> but how should i know?
> it works for me. have a closer look at the VMD user's guide. many, many
> people have learned to use VMD from it without running into the problem
> that you are reporting. so there is hope you will be able to as well.
>
> axel.
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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> ........................................................................
> ..................................................
>>
>> Daniel Mulvihill
>>
>> Government of Ireland Research Fellow,
>>
>> Department of Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Biomedical Enginering,
>>
>> University of Limerick
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0 International
> Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy. 

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