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From: Jeroen Akershoek (jeroena_at_sara.nl)
Date: Mon Aug 19 2002 - 03:33:41 CDT

Hello,

I just downloaded the latest VMD from CVS and having some problems getting
it to visualise all our datasets correctly. A couple of things I noticed
in the vmd output text: ( .. replacing some info lines)

..
Automatic IMD package could not be loaded:
can't find package psfgen
..
Info) Opened sensor config file /usr/lib/vmd/.vmdsensors
0
..
Info) Opened sensor config file /usr/lib/vmd/.vmdsensors
1
ERROR) Warning: ribbons code encountered an unusual structure, geometry may not
look as expected.
ERROR) Warning: ribbons code encountered an unusual structure, geometry may not
look as expected.
ERROR) Warning: ribbons code encountered an unusual structure, geometry may not
look as expected.
ERROR) No SURF binary found; set the SURF_BIN environmental variable
ERROR) to the location of your SURF executable.
Info) Done.
ERROR) Warning: ribbons code encountered an unusual structure, geometry may not
look as expected.

And indeed, it doesn't look as expected. I'm missing some surfaces (due
to the missing SURF_BIN I take it) and the ribbons are missing some parts.
However, I couldn't find something that resembled a SURF_BIN in the vmd
directory. Closest I could find was a Surf.o in the vmd/LINUX directory.
I guess something went wrong with the building, but I have no idea what.

As for the psfgen, that's probably a path-thing, cause I have multiple
psfgen directories in my $vmdlib/ (LINUX/psfgen1.2, LINUX/tcl/psfgen1.2,
psfgen_plugin and psfgen).

Hope you can help

Regards
  Jeroen
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Jeroen Akershoek, VR Specialist
SARA Computing and Network Services
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