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From: Peter Holm (Peter.Holm_at_mbfys.lu.se)
Date: Mon Jun 27 2005 - 07:07:07 CDT

Thanks! Now it works but I'm not sure what was actually wrong!
Best regards

Peter

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----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Teletchéa" <steletch_at_free.fr>
Date: Monday, June 27, 2005 1:55 pm
Subject: Re: vmd-l: Display shuts down on startup

> Peter Holm wrote:
> > Dear list-readers,
> >
> > I just upgraded to VMD 1.8.3 (from 1.8.2) on my Linux machine. I
> ran:> 'configure LINUX' followed by 'make install'. The
> installation seems to work smoothly but when I start VMD the
> console window starts and shuts down a millisecond later.
> > Any suggestions on what I've done wrong are welcome.
> > Version 1.8.2 worked without these problems.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Peter
>
> Why do you need the 'LINUX' parameter ?
>
> I usually do :
>
> tar -zxvf vmd-1.8.3.bin.LINUX.opengl.tar.gz
>
> cd vmd-1.8.3
>
> ./configure
>
> cd src
>
> make install
>
> Then it should work ok.
>
> To try debugging it (in case it does not work), try launching vmd
> in a
> console :
>
> vmd -dispdev text
>
> Stéphane Teletchéa
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