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From: Stephen P. Molar, Ph.D. (s.molnar_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sat Oct 22 2005 - 10:02:07 CDT

John:

I found the problem, thanks to you request to send you the diff command
output.

I hadn't configured the installation correctly. All is now well.

Sorry to have bothered you.

Keep up the good work.

        Steve

On Thursday October 20, 2005 4:10 pm, John Stone wrote:
> Stephen,
> What do you get if you diff the startup scripts:
> diff /home/computation/CompChem/vmd-1.8.4a20/bin/vmd
> /home/computation/CompChem/vmd-1.8.4a22/bin/vmd
>
> Bounce me the output of that command.
>
> Thanks,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 04:05:26PM -0400, Stephen P. Molar, Ph.D. wrote:
> > John:
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > All that I did for the new version was change one digit in the path in
> > the KDE menu item; that is I changed it from
> >
> > '/home/computation/CompChem/vmd-1.8.4a20/bin/vmd'
> >
> > to
> >
> > '/home/computation/CompChem/vmd-1.8.4a22/bin/vmd'
> >
> > and vmd failed to open. If I change the one digit back vmd opens.
> >
> > On impulse, I just created a new menu item for a22. It doesn't work
> > either. Yet the origional menu item, for a20, works.
> >
> > Very strange.
> >
> > This is hardly critical, as far as my using the new version is concerned.
> > I can always open it in a console.
> >
> > On Thursday October 20, 2005 3:14 pm, John Stone wrote:
> > > Stephen,
> > > There shouldn't be any difference at all between a20 and a22 as far
> > > as startup scripts go. I'd suggest double-checking your KDE menu item
> > > and make sure there's nothing unusual going on there. If it starts
> > > when you call the startup script manually, then it may be something
> > > KDE-specific that is giving you trouble.
> > >
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 03:07:53PM -0400, Stephen P. Molar, Ph.D. wrote:
> > > > I have been starting v1.8.4a20 in SuSE9.3/KDE3.5b2 as a menu item in
> > > > the KDE Menu.
> > > >
> > > > I just installled v1.8.4a22 in a differend directory, but it will not
> > > > start in the same fashion as the previous version. I can start a22
> > > > by executing the /bin/vmd script in a console.
> > > > --
> > > > Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set
> > > > Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant
> > > > http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry
> >
> > --
> > Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set
> > Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant
> > http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry 

-- 
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.				        Life is a fuzzy set
Foundation for Chemistry					Stochastic and multivariant
http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry