VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sat Feb 14 2009 - 19:37:26 CST

Hi,
  For this and other reasons, the startup script for the next
version of VMD will just execute from the current shell rather
than automatically launching a new xterm window. Those that prefer
the old behavior will be able to use shell aliases to keep things
working that way, but otherwise there won't be a dependency on
xterm anymore.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:08:51PM +0100, Ramon Crehuet wrote:
> Hi, I had a similar problem some time ago and the reason was that xterm
> was not installed in my distribution. Check if 'xterm' works, and if
> not, try to install it. If you can't, try linking one of the console
> (e.g. konsole in kde) to xterm.
> Regards,
> Ramon
>
>
>
> Fernanda S. wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm new at the molecular modelling world... and I guess I'm lost. I'm
> > trying to install VMD-1.8.6 in my laptop. I'm running Mandriva 2009 in a
> > ACER Aspire 4530 AMD Athlon 64X2 dual-core, NVIDIA GeForce 9100M.
> >
> > I did the installation as explained in the installation guide and
> > everything seemed fine. In the end of the process, the sentence "VMD
> > installation complete. Enjoy!" shows up. But when I type "vmd" to begin,
> > nothing happens and the only thing that appears in the Xterm console is:
> >
> > [fernanda_at_localhost ~]$ vmd
> > [1] 19658
> > [fernanda_at_localhost ~]$
> >
> > The number after the [1] changes everytime I type vmd.
> >
> > I think I've added the directory to my path, using the command:
> > PATH=$PAHT:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin/vmd
> >
> > Does anyone has any idea of what I'm doing (or have done) wrong? Please,
> > keep in mind that I'm really new in this area.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Fernanda
> >
> >
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