VMD-L Mailing List

From: Andrew Dalke (dalke_at_mag.com)
Date: Sun Dec 21 1997 - 11:47:00 CST

> `xwsh: No such file or directory: can't start command`

> does anybody know how to fix the problem?

  This means the xwsh shell (started by winterm, which is the default
terminal for the SGI version and is started by 'vmd') couldn't find
the vmd_IRIX5 executable.

  My best guess is you didn't get the right location during the 'make
install' step. Does the start of the 'vmd' script look like:

  #!/bin/csh
  set defaultvmddir=/<something>
  set vmdbasename=vmd

And does $defaultvmddir/$vmdbasename_$osversion point to an executable
binary (eg, /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_IRIX5)? If not, you'll have to
redo the installation.

  If it does ... ummm, I don't know. I would have to know more
diagnostics to figure out the details. For example, can you run
vmd_IRIX5 directly? At the end of the 'vmd' script where it exec's
the winterm, what is the full value of that line?

> `form.h not found`, but we were not able to fix the bug after having
> studied the installation guide.

  To recompile VMD calls for installing several packages (Tcl/Tk,
TclX/TkX, XForms, and a couple others mentioned on the VMD web page).

                                        Andrew Dalke
                                        dalke_at_mag.com 

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