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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 24 2008 - 08:46:50 CDT

Hi,
  Try setting the environment variable VMDSCRSIZE to "512 512" and
see if that's a more appropriate default window size for your laptop.
See the User's Guide for more information on adjusting the default
window position and size on Unix.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 02:33:24PM +0200, andrea spitaleri wrote:
> Hi all,
> this is a very easy question. I noticed that in my laptop bearing nvidia 8600 gsm (1280x800)
> "vmd-windows" behaves differently depending on the SO. Under windows, the windows are okay whereas
> under Linux when I start vmd, it opens with huge "OpenGL display" and "main window" taking the whole
> screen. I need every time to resize it in order to work.
> My xorg.conf is set to use 1280x800 resolution and from the log it is okay. I encountered similar
> problem with gtk program (as gimp) but I overtaken installing gtk-qt engine (i am using slackware
> with kde).
> any help is very appreciated
>
> thanks in advance
>
> andrea
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