From: Hannes Loeffler (Hannes.Loeffler_at_stfc.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Dec 17 2014 - 09:46:39 CST

The prmtop is still in ASCII. Sander and pmemd can be made to write
out restart files in NetCDF format. Coordinate files created by leap
are in ASCII too.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:49:19 -0600
John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> Beyond the questions others have already asked, I would also ask
> whether this is an old-style prmtop, or if it is actually a NetCDF
> formatted file, which is used by the latest versions of AMBER.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:03:32AM +0100, Norman Geist wrote:
> > Have you tried recreating that prmtop?
> >
> > Did you create that prmtop file on windows?
> >
> > Have you checked the encoding of the file?
> >
> >
> >
> > If you have created the file on linux, try unix2dos on your
> > prmtop and see if this fixes the problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > Norman Geist.
> >
> >
> >
> > Von: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] Im
> > Auftrag von alex lin
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2014 00:38
> > An: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > Betreff: vmd-l: VMD crashing when loading prmtop files
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am currently running in to vmd crashing error while I try to
> > load my prmtop files. I was using 1.9.1 vmd on windows 7 and I
> > upgraded to 1.9.2 but still the error occurs with no description of
> > the error.
> >
> >
> >
> > error message is " winvmd has stopped working" and only option
> > is to close the program.
> >
> >
> >
> > I can load other prmtop files and pdb files fine but the ones
> > that I am trying right now does not work.
> >
> >
> >
> > Lin
> >
> >
> >
> >
>