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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 05 2005 - 14:02:54 CST

Hi,
  This is usually caused by a bad .cshrc or .tcshrc file. One of your
startup scripts (or a file that they source) contains a line with a
path/filename that's not fully qualified, so it works when you start
a terminal shell, but fails when you start VMD. You can check to see
if this is the case by renaming your .tcshrc or .cshrc files to .tcshrc.bak
and then see if VMD starts. If it does, then you know that the problem
was indeed something in (or sourced by) your startup files. From there,
you can narrow down the source of the problem by commenting out items
in your .tcshrc or .cshrc file and re-testing. Every time I've seen this
problem it has been caused by syntax errors or relative pathnames in these
startup files.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:04:26AM -0800, Stephen Walch wrote:
> I found that VMD 1.8.3 does not work onn my work Mac (a blue and
> white G3 with OS 10. See below) but works fine on my home Mac which
> is a G4.
>
> Is this a known problem and is there a fix?
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I downloaded VMD 1.8.3 and tried installing it on my Mac. It gives
> >>a folder containing an Icon which I copied to the applications
> >>folder. When I double click on the Icon it starts to open the
> >>program but never opens the windows.
> >>
> >>My question. It says I need hardware OpenGL. Is this likely present
> >>on my machine (a 400 Mhz single processor G3 with OS 10.3.9)? If
> >>not what do I need? A new Mac?
> >>
> >>Steve Walch
> >>--
> >>Stephen Walch
> >>Consulting Professor
> >>Department of Mechanical Engineering
> >>Terman Engineering, Room 557
> >>Stanford University
> >>Stanford, CA 94305
> >>Tel: (650) 725-0107
> >>Email: swalch_at_stanford.edu
>
>
> --
> Stephen Walch
> Consulting Professor
> Department of Mechanical Engineering
> Terman Engineering, Room 557
> Stanford University
> Stanford, CA 94305
> Tel: (650) 725-0107
> Email: swalch_at_stanford.edu 

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