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From: Brian Bennion (brian_at_youkai.llnl.gov)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 10:06:03 CDT

It seems that "vmd" is the term that "xterm" is choking on.

The startup script doesn't know where to look for the binary?!?

Brian

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Priti Hansia wrote:

>
> Hi John,
>
> Xterm has been configured in the default command path. Still the problem
> exists. Please guide me on this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -priti.
>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, John Stone wrote:
>
> >
> > Priti,
> > Perhaps 'xterm' isn't in your default command path, which is what the
> > VMD startup script is expecting. Make sure that you can type 'xterm'
> > at your shell prompt, and then I'd expect VMD to cooperate. If not, let me
> > know and I can tell you how to get around this.
> >
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:17:22PM +0530, Priti Hansia wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have installed vmd-1.8 on mandrake (version 10.0) linux. But when I try
> > > to run it from command prompt I get the following error:
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > xterm: Command not found.
> > > [1] 9886
> > > [1] Exit 1 exec xterm -T vmd console -geometry
> > > 80x11-0-0 -sb -sl 1000 -e ...
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > I have installed xterm also. Even then I get the same error !
> > > Any help on this will be very much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -Priti.
> >
> >
>
> --
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> | \
> |_ /
> |
> |riti
>

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