From: Peter Freddolino (petefred_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2006 - 13:30:20 CST

As a start, you might to try running as the logged in user (rather than
root).
Peter

Margaret S. Cheung wrote:
> Dear VMD developers,
>
> I am installing VMD 1.8.5 linux OpenGL to Fedora Core 5.
> After I did "configure" and then "src/make install", the vmd did not
> give me error messages.
> However, when I execute /usr/bin/vmd, then it flashed on the screen.
> The terminal showed a message like
>
> root_at_leela src]# Warning: Tried to connect to session manager,
> Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
> specified are supported and host-based authentication failed
>
> I wonder if you can help me how to fix this. Thank you very much.
> Sincerely,
> Margaret
>
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