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From: Ran Friedman (r.friedman_at_bioc.unizh.ch)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2006 - 03:24:43 CST

Hi John,

Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately, the display was set to 0.0
without sucess. VMD works in text mode and I can run VMD_Linux.

Ran.

John Stone wrote:
> Ran,
> Try setting your DISPLAY environment variable to this:
> :0.0
>
> The error message you're getting seems to indicate that VMD is
> getting a null display string, which would explain why it is failing
> for you. Can you run it in text mode?
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:04:02PM +0100, Ran Friedman wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to install VMD on ubuntu 6.10. I managed to compile
>> everything but when I run VMD it just exists, no display shown. Running
>> VMD -h gives:
>> Can't open display:
>>
>> I can open xterm so it doesn't seem to be the problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ran.
>>
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Ran Friedman
>> Postdoctoral Fellow
>> Computational Structural Biology Group (A. Caflisch)
>> Department of Biochemistry
>> University of Zurich
>> Winterthurerstrasse 190
>> CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
>> Tel. +41-44-6355593
>> Email: r.friedman_at_bioc.unizh.ch
>> Skype: ran.friedman
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
> 

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Ran Friedman
Postdoctoral Fellow
Computational Structural Biology Group (A. Caflisch)
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel. +41-44-6355593
Email: r.friedman_at_bioc.unizh.ch
Skype: ran.friedman
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