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From: He, Xibing (xibing.he_at_pitt.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 06 2024 - 12:37:10 CST

Hi Diego,

Thanks for your reply. As I wrote in one of my previous posts, I tried deleting ~/.vmdrc, and run vmd, but the same result happened: only the OpenGL Display window appeared, and the terminal got stuck after showing
Info) Dynamically loaded 3 plugins in directory:
Info) /usr/local/lib/vmd/plugins/LINUXAMD64/molfile
The cursor disappeared on the terminal. There's no response no matter what I type on the terminal. Like a dead process.

Regards,

Xibing He, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy
University of Pittsburgh
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From: Diego Gomes <diego.enry_at_gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 1:25 PM
To: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com>
Cc: He, Xibing <xibing.he_at_pitt.edu>; vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: vmd-l: unable to open VMD as normal

To complement Axel's comments...
I wonder what happens if you use the terminal & type "menu main on" after opening VMD.

What happened after removing .vmdrc ?

About changing the install path, you may edit the "configure" file. Then run:
 ./configure
cd src
make install

Here's how I like to edit my "configure" file :
##############################################################################
# User modifiable installation parameters, can be overridden by env variables
##############################################################################

# Name of shell script used to start program; this is the name used by users
$install_name = "vmd";

# Directory where VMD startup script is installed, should be in users' paths.
$install_bin_dir="/home/dgomes/software/vmd-1.9.4.58/bin";

# Directory where VMD files and executables are installed
$install_library_dir="/home/dgomes/software/vmd-1.9.4.58/lib/";