From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 12 2011 - 14:09:33 CDT

Hi,
  Try adding Tcl ::http::config calls to your .vmdrc file, to setup
your local web proxy:
  http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/http.htm
  http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/http.htm#M6

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:48:29AM -0700, tiago sobreira wrote:
> Hi
> I am trying to load a molecule direct from internet and I get the
> following error menssagem:
> vmd > mol new 1bxs
> Error loading PDB: couldn't open socket: connection timed out
> ERROR) Could not read file 1bxs
> Unable to load file '1bxs' using file type 'webpdb'.
> I am inside of network with proxy. Is it necessary open some door?
> Thanks for the attention,
> Tiago Jose Paschoal Sobreira
> Pesquisador em Biologia Computacional
> Laboratorio Nacional de Biociencias (LNBio)

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