From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 05 2011 - 16:12:31 CDT

Hi,
  This is likely due to a bug in Surf (we don't develop Surf, but
it is included in the VMD distribution currently). Have you tried
using MSMS instead? In most cases MSMS works better.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 07:11:34AM +0000, AB wrote:
> Dear:
>
> I import Desmond output .cms file into VMD, and I try to render it with
> surface representation. But it doesn't work, it is said:
>
> Info) Done.
> Reading 4883 atoms..done
> Probe radius = 1.400
> Constructing solvent-accessible surface ..
> Max edge length = 1.200
> Malloc of zero or illegal length!!
> length = 0
> Malloc of zero or illegal length!!
> length = 0
> Malloc of zero or illegal length!!
> length = 0
>
> I run VMD-1.9 X64 CUDA version under Linux. If I do the same step with a
> PDB file, everything goes well.
>
> Thank you very much.

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