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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 01 2006 - 10:41:00 CST

Ran,
  Try setting your DISPLAY environment variable to this:
:0.0

The error message you're getting seems to indicate that VMD is
getting a null display string, which would explain why it is failing
for you. Can you run it in text mode?

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:04:02PM +0100, Ran Friedman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install VMD on ubuntu 6.10. I managed to compile
> everything but when I run VMD it just exists, no display shown. Running
> VMD -h gives:
> Can't open display:
>
> I can open xterm so it doesn't seem to be the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Ran.
>
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