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From: L. Michel Espinoza-Fonseca (mef_at_ddt.biochem.umn.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 27 2007 - 10:06:26 CST

Hello,

My guess is that, although you've successfully connected to the remote
computer, you haven't started any Xterm session (for example, by using
X-win or similar software). Thus, you need to start a X session to to
be able to open the graphical interface of VMD.

Cheers,
Michel

2007/2/27, Ayºe Özlem Sezerman <asezerman_at_su.sabanciuniv.edu>:
> Dear VMD users,
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> We cannot run VMD from a remote server. We have checked that the
> installation in that remote computer is succesfully established. But
> when we try to connect that remote host from a local computer via ssh
> and try to run vmd we face an error message as follows "Cannot open
> display: " . We have also checked than Open GL libraries are installed
> to that remote. Have anyone faced a problem like this ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ozlem
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