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From: Leandro Martínez (leandromartinez98_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri May 26 2006 - 15:01:30 CDT

I'm trying to install vmd on my opteron machine. I tried both the LINUXAMD64
and the LINUX executables, but both gave me the same error. The instalation
proceeds fine, but when trying to run vmd the console windows opens and
closes
very fast (I cannot see what is written in it) and nothing happens.

If I run vmd with vmd -h I get a "Can't open display:" message after
the normal output, as shown below. I'm not sure if this is the same
error message that should appear in the console windows.

I can run xterm normally from the same terminal and the DISPLAY
environment variable is set to :0.0

I'm not even sure that the LINUXAMD64 is the correct executable
for Opterons, is it?

Any idea of which could be the problem?
Thanks,
Leandro Martinez.

%vmd -h
Info) VMD for LINUXAMD64, version 1.8.4 (April 17, 2006)
Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
Info) Multithreading available, 1 CPU detected.
Info) Available command-line options:
Info) -dispdev <win | cave | text | none> Specify display device
Info) -dist <d> Distance from origin to screen
Info) -e <filename> Execute commands in <filename>
Info) -python Use Python for -e file and subsequent text input
Info) -eofexit Exit when end-of-file occurs on input
Info) -h | --help Display this command-line summary
Info) -pos <X> <Y> Lower-left corner position of display
Info) -nt No title display at start
Info) -size <X> <Y> Size of display
Info) -startup <filename> Specify startup script file
Info) -m Load subsequent files as separate molecules
Info) -f Load subsequent files into the same molecule
Info) <filename> Load file using best-guess file type
Info) -<type> <filename> Load file using specified file type
Info) -args Pass subsequent arguments to text interpreter
Can't open display: