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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2005 - 22:37:43 CST

Fabri,
  This usually indicates an error in your .cshrc or .alias files.
Try briefly renaming your .cshrc file to .cshrc.bak and then try launching
VMD. If that makes VMD run, then you've found the cause of your problems,
and you'll need to fix whatever's wrong with your .cshrc file.
If you still have problems let me know.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 10:21:14AM +0100, fabri wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have downloaded and installed VMD-latest on a G4 iBook with OSX
> 10.3.8. Followed the installation instructions:
>
> "To install the pre-compiled MacOS X bundle version of VMD, open the
> VMD disk image and drag the VMD application into an appropriate
> directory. Once the VMD application has been placed appropriately it
> should be ready for immediate use as no other installation steps are
> required."
>
> However, when I double-click the VMD icon it simply pops forward and
> closes back, without the program starting.
>
> Is there some preinstalled stuff to have, or maybe some env variable
> that should be set? Or what else?
>
> Thank very much for any help,
>
> Fabri
>
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