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From: Alex Vakhrouchev (vav_at_udman.ru)
Date: Tue Jun 07 2005 - 00:09:22 CDT

Thanks for your tip!

I had the same problems after upgrading my Gentoo box.
But I wander what is the reason.
Btw, -0-0 stands for original coordinates of xterm winget.
Does it cause color switching?

Regards,
                        Alex

Sabuj Pattanayek wrote:

>Ahh, thanks for pointing out that line it seems the "-0-0" of the
>"80x11-0-0" is causing the problems with this xterm version so I just
>modified:
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>setenv VMD_WINGEOM "-geometry 80x11-0-0"
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>to
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>setenv VMD_WINGEOM "-geometry 80x11"
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>in the /usr/bin/vmd startup script and now it works fine. However, I'm
>not sure what the -0-0 does.
>
>..Sabuj Pattanayek
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>John Stone wrote:
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>>Try running xterm with the same options the VMD startup script uses:
>> xterm -geometry 80x11-0-0 -sb -sl 1000 -e /bin/csh
>>
>>Does that work for you?
>>
>> John Stone
>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>
>>On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 05:32:55PM -0500, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote:
>>
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>>>Yes that is correct. I can open an xterm and see the text. I am using
>>>this version of xterm:
>>>
>>>[ebuild R ] x11-terms/xterm-200-r1
>>>
>>>
>>>John Stone wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>> Is it possible you've got .xdefaults files with odd color
>>>>settings for 'xterm' on your account? I assume that running
>>>>'xterm' by hand yields a usable terminal?
>>>>
>>>> John Stone
>>>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>>>
>>>>On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 05:19:57PM -0500, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>When I start the amd64 version of vmd-1.8.3 the console is blank, like
>>>>>an xterm with white text on white background. Trying to highlight
>>>>>anything in the vmd console does not make it "appear". How do I make
>>>>>this return to the default coloring scheme so I can see the text (black
>>>>>on white)?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Sabuj Pattanayek
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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