[Chimera-users] problems before even getting to the plate...

[Jon Kenniston]

Thanks guys, I have it working now.  The problem was with the specific  
type of PDB I was using.  Incorrect info from a labmate...

Jon

On Dec 12, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Tom Goddard wrote:

> I also tried 1.3 on a PPC Mac 10.4.11 desktop in the lab and it  
> correctly displayed PDB files.
>
>   Tom
>
> Elaine Meng wrote:
>> Hi Jon,
>> I just tried Chimera  Mac/X11 version 1.3 build 2577 on a Mac  
>> laptop,  OS 10.4.11 along with X11 1.1.3, and was able to open  
>> various PDB  files (local and fetched from the RCSB) and manipulate  
>> them.  Must be  something else in the details of your system -  
>> perhaps it will be  evident from the information that comes with  
>> the bug report.
>> Best,
>> Elaine
>>
>> On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Greg Couch wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jon Kenniston wrote:
>>>
>>>> Howdy,
>>>>
>>>> Trying to run latest Chimera release version 1.3.2577 on my OSX
>>>> 10.4.11 with X11 version 1.1.3 and while the chimera program  
>>>> opens, I
>>>> cannot open a PDB (or at least I can't see the opened PDB - no  
>>>> error
>>>> message, and bottom left of chimera screen states "Opened XXX.pdb"
>>>> for about a minute until it goes to blank).  Should I try  
>>>> installing
>>>> an older version of chimera?  Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>> Please use the Help / Report a Bug dialog to get this bug into our  
>>> bug
>>> database.  It will tell which model Mac you have and what  
>>> graphics  card it
>>> has, so we can try to reproduce the bug locally on similar hardware.
>>>
>>> The next step would be to try the 1.3.2577 Aqua version of   
>>> chimera.  And
>>> if that doesn't work, then try an older version.  If one or none  
>>> of  those
>>> work is important to know too.  All of the versions can coexist  
>>> on  your
>>> Mac if you give each version of chimera a different name.
>>>
>>> 	Greg Couch