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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 28 2006 - 14:06:30 CST

Hi,
  This sounds like some sort of X issue. If you are logged in as a different
user than root, then su'd and installed VMD, but ran VMD as root, this might
lead to the problem you just had. You'll need to run VMD as the same user
that you've logged into the machine with, since X won't allow windows
to be created by other users. You can test this by running "xterm"
or "glxinfo" to verify that you've got access to the display as the
user you're trying to run VMD with. In general, when installing VMD on
Unix, follow the instructions in the provided README, as that explains
how the VMD configure script works.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 09:44:37PM +0200, Beniamino Sciacca wrote:
> Hi!
> i installed gromacs on my centrino duo without problem.
> i installed also VMD; when i typed "./configure" it says: "...
> ./configure.options".
> so i typed: "./configure LINUX".
> later i typed make install.
> so if i move to the directory where it is installed, and i type "vmd",
> it starts and go off immediately.
> in the shell it writes: "... authentication failed........".
> what's the problem? is it an installation problem?
> thanks, community, for your answers.
> bye
> Beniamino (superbenji83_at_yahoo.it)
>
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