From: Janakiraman Balachandran (janarcs_at_umich.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 21 2017 - 14:06:02 CDT

Hi John,

I removed the experimental plugin, but I still get an error except that
this time it describes 2 Dynamically loaded plugins in directory. The full
error message is below
```
Info) Multithreading available, 4 CPUs detected.
Info) OpenGL renderer: Apple Software Renderer
Info) Features: STENCIL MDE MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVF)
Info) Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
Info) Textures: 2-D (16384x16384), 3-D (16384x16384x16384), Multitexture
(8)
Info) Dynamically loaded 2 plugins in directory:
Info) /Applications/VMD 1.9.4.app/Contents/vmd/plugins/MACOSXX86/molfile
VMD(11830,0xa2fe3000) malloc: *** error for object 0x78e769d4: incorrect
checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
/Applications/VMD 1.9.4.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command: line 7: 11830
Abort trap: 6 "$p/../Resources/VMD.app/Contents/MacOS/VMD" $*
logout
Saving session...
..copying shared history...
..saving history...truncating history files...
..completed.
```

Best Regards
Ram Balachandran
<http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran>
<https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran>

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 2:58 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> Thanks for your note. I am wondering if this is caused
> by an experimental plugin that we added to the VMD 1.9.4a7 test build.
> Try removing this experimental plugin and see if the problem goes away
> Using a terminal shell, cd to the directory that contains your VMD .app
> bundle,
> and then run this command:
> mv VMD\ 1.9.4.app/Contents/vmd/plugins/MACOSXX86/molfile/orcaplugin.so
> /tmp
>
> Once you've done that, try restarting VMD and let me know if you still have
> the same problem or not.
>
> Best regards,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 02:14:22PM -0400, Janakiraman Balachandran wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed VMD 1.9.4 in Mac OSX (10.11.6). BUt when I try to open,
> the
> > application fails to open with the following error
> >
> > Info) Multithreading available, 4 CPUs detected.
> > Info) OpenGL renderer: Apple Software Renderer
> > Info)Â Â Features: STENCIL MDE MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVF)
> > Info)Â Â Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
> > Info)Â Â Textures: 2-D (16384x16384), 3-D (16384x16384x16384),
> > Multitexture (8)
> > Info) Dynamically loaded 3 plugins in directory:
> > Info) /Applications/VMD 1.9.4.app/Contents/vmd/
> plugins/MACOSXX86/molfile
> > VMD(10946,0xa2fe3000) malloc: *** error for object 0x7d0263a4:
> incorrect
> > checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being
> > freed.
> > *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> > /Applications/VMD 1.9.4.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command: line 7:
> 10946
> > Abort trap: 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
> > "$p/../Resources/VMD.app/Contents/MacOS/VMD" $*
> > logout
> > Saving session...
> > ...copying shared history...
> > ...saving history...truncating history files...
> > ...completed.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Ram Balachandran
> > [1][IMG]Â [2][IMG]
> >
> > References
> >
> > Visible links
> > 1. http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran
> > 2. https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran
>
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