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From: Hideki Hatanaka (hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
Date: Fri Jan 27 2006 - 10:42:52 CST

Dear John,

thank you for your reply.

LOCALE was not defined, so I used GUI:
 Applications -> System Settings -> Language -> English (USA)
then logged out and logged in.
This changed the variable LANG from ja_JP.UTF-8 to en_US.UTF-8.

Sincerely yours,

Hideki

At 14:24 06/01/26 -0600, John Stone wrote:

>Hi,
> I don't know why the Tk widgets work fine in one LOCALE and not the other.
>As I mentioned before, I haven't done much at all with internationalization,
>and certainly not with FLTK or Tcl/Tk, so there may be various problems with
>the way the Tk code is initializing itself when you're using another LOCALE
>setting other than "C" or one of the western settings. Out of curiosity,
>what was your LOCALE setting in both cases, and how did you change it in
>your installation? (environment variable, or some system-wide setting
>elsewhere?)
>
>Thanks,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 07:53:39AM +0900, Hideki Hatanaka wrote:
>> Dear John,
>>
>> thank you very much!
>> I changed Language at the System Settings, and logged in again,
>> and I have found I can input Hostname in the IMD Connection window!
>>
>> But (out of curiosity) why does RMSD Calculator work well in both
>> languages ... ?
>>
>> Sincerely yours,
>>
>> Hideki
>>
>> At 16:32 06/01/24 -0600, John Stone wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> > Fascinating. Do you experience any of these problems with other
>> >packages? What do you have your LOCALE set to in this Linux installation.
>> >VMD, Tk, and FLTK don't have much in the way of internationalization, so
>> >this may be the cause of the problem.
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> >On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 07:18:36AM +0900, Hideki Hatanaka wrote:
>> >> Dear John,
>> >>
>> >> I have just tried the 32 bit version (LINUX.opengl) after removing
>> >> /usr/local/bin/vmd and /usr/local/lib/vmd, but the situation doesn't
>> >> change.
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely yours,
>> >>
>> >> Hideki
>> >>
>> >> At 16:08 06/01/24 -0600, John Stone wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >Out of curiosity, what happens if you run the regular 32-bit version of
>> >> >VMD on this same machine?
>> >> >
>> >> > John Stone
>> >> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>> >> >
>> >> >On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 07:03:23AM +0900, Hideki Hatanaka wrote:
>> >> >> Dear John,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thank you very much for your quick reply.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >what do you get (outside of VMD, not inside) if you type:
>> >> >> > echo $TCL_LIBRARY
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I get a blank line.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >that you describe below. I'll check the AutoIMD plugin
>> >> >> >and see if that's a problem that's been fixed previously
>> >> >> >in the VMD 1.8.3 plugin update or not.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thank you for your time.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Since you're running the 64-bit Linux build, you may also wish
>> >> >> >to try one of the test versions of VMD 1.8.4 and see if it
>> >> >> >runs better for you.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I have just tried 1.8.4b6 LINUXAMD64 version, but the situation
>> >> >> doesn't change.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I agree with you that it may be a Tcl/Tk system.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sincerely yours,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hideki
>> >> >>
>> >> >> At 15:37 06/01/24 -0600, you wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Hi,
>> >> >> > On your linux system, do you have anything set for
>> >> >> >your TCL_LIBRARY environment variable? At a shell prompt,
>> >> >> >what do you get (outside of VMD, not inside) if you type:
>> >> >> > echo $TCL_LIBRARY
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >It's possible you're picking up a broken or incompatible
>> >> >> >Tcl/Tk library. That would explain why you're unable to enter
>> >> >> >text into various Tk input fields, but the AutoIMD issue
>> >> >> >could also be related to the script changes you had to make
>> >> >> >that you describe below. I'll check the AutoIMD plugin
>> >> >> >and see if that's a problem that's been fixed previously
>> >> >> >in the VMD 1.8.3 plugin update or not.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Since you're running the 64-bit Linux build, you may also wish
>> >> >> >to try one of the test versions of VMD 1.8.4 and see if it
>> >> >> >runs better for you.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Thanks,
>> >> >> > John Stone
>> >> >> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 06:30:43AM +0900, Hideki Hatanaka wrote:
>> >> >> >> Dear Sirs,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I would appreciate it if you could help me.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I am very happy with VMD on my Windows PC and Mac OS X, but I have
>> >> >> >> been troubled with VMD on my Linux machine.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I installed vmd-1.8.3.bin.LINUXAMD64 on my Dell Precision 670 with
>> >> >> >> 64bit Xeon CPU and RedHat Linux Enterprise version 4, but I can't
>> >> >> >> input any character at the "Hostname" line in the "IMD Connection"
>> >> >> >> window.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I can't input the port number either.
>> >> >> >> Inputting "imd connect localhost 2030" at the vmd console window
>> >> >> >> works well.
>> >> >> >> Changing imdmenu.tcl to include "variable hostname localhost" and
>> >> >> >> "variable port 2030" also works well and then IMD starts.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I can't input characters in many other extensions, such as
>> >> >> >> Ramachandran Plot, PDB Database Query, AutoIMD etc., but the
>> >> >> >> selection window in RMSD Calculator allows inputs.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I would appreciate it if you could give me advice.
>> >> >> >> Is my Tcl/Tk environment abnormal?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Sincerely yours,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Hideki Hatanaka
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Associate Professor
>> >> >> >> Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Address: Division of Structural Biology
>> >> >> >> Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
>> >> >> >> 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
>> >> >> >> E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >--
>> >> >> >NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
>> >> >> >Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>> >> >> >University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
>> >> >> >Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
>> >> >> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Associate Professor
>> >> >> Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Address: Division of Structural Biology
>> >> >> Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
>> >> >> 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
>> >> >> E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
>> >> >Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>> >> >University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
>> >> >Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
>> >> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Associate Professor
>> >> Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
>> >>
>> >> Address: Division of Structural Biology
>> >> Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
>> >> 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
>> >> E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764
>> >
>> >--
>> >NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
>> >Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>> >University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
>> >Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
>> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>>
>>
>> Associate Professor
>> Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
>>
>> Address: Division of Structural Biology
>> Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
>> 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
>> E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764
>
>--
>NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
>Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
>Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078

Associate Professor
Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University

Address: Division of Structural Biology
Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764