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From: Margaret S. Cheung (mscheung_at_uh.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2006 - 12:15:25 CST

Thank you very much for your help. It worked. But when I loaded pdb
file, the graphics flashed and disappeared again. Please help! (very
frustrated :( ....)
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Margaret

Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Margaret S. Cheung wrote:
>
> MC> Dear VMD developers,
> MC>
> MC> I am installing VMD 1.8.5 linux OpenGL to Fedora Core 5.
>
> margaret,
>
> there are some linux specific remarks in the release notes
> for version 1.8.5. please check them out, too.
>
> MC> After I did "configure" and then "src/make install", the vmd did not
> MC> give me error messages.
> MC> However, when I execute /usr/bin/vmd, then it flashed on the screen. The
> MC> terminal showed a message like
> MC>
> MC> root_at_leela src]# Warning: Tried to connect to session manager,
> MC> Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
> MC> specified are supported and host-based authentication failed
>
> there is no reason to run VMD as root! generally, running any program
> as root should be avoided as much as possible.
>
> depending on how you opened the root shell, you may not have access
> to the X11 session (especially if your home directory is NFS mounted)
> and thus not be able to start an xterm.
>
> please try from a normal terminal and in textmode and if you still
> have problems, report the info as outlined in the linux specific
> release notes.
>
> thanks,
> axel.
>
> p.s.: there is also a 'native' fedora core 5 rpm (32-bit only, though)
> in the contributed files section that should have the all required
> dependencies coded, so that if you can install it without additional
> force, that it should work.
>
> MC> I wonder if you can help me how to fix this. Thank you very much.
> MC> Sincerely,
> MC> Margaret
> MC>
> MC>
> MC>
> MC>
>
> 

-- 
Margaret S. Cheung
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
629C Science and Research 1
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-5005
email:   mscheung_at_uh.edu
website: http://thoth.phys.uh.edu/~mscheung/