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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2005 - 13:55:58 CST

Luis,
  Before you try running VMD to the alternate display, make sure
you can open an xterm there first. I.e.:
  setenv DISPLAY :0.0
  xterm &
  setenv DISPLAY machine:2.0
  xterm &

If you don't get both xterms, then you may be specifying the display
name incorrectly. In fact, "machine:2.0" is an unusual display number,
typically only found on machines that have multiple _consoles_ (keyboard/mice)
and not just multiple displays. If you have a machine that has a single
console but two displays, you'd typically use a display name like this:
  setenv DISPLAY machine:0.1

Let me know if you need more help with this.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 04:23:51PM -0500, Luis Rosales wrote:
>
> Hi !!!
>
> I am using a graphic cluster, and I am trying to get the display on different
> monitors using the DISPLAY and the VMDGDISPLAY enviroment variables,
> I am setting both as:
>
> setenv DISPLAY :0.0
> setenv VMDGDISPLAY IP.of.2nd.node:2.0
>
> After this, I get the vmd console and then VMD "hangs"...
> Does anyone have experience with both enviroment variables?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luis
>
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