[Chimera-users] chimera startup problem

[Chen Xu]

Dear List,

after upgrading to 1.2304 (1.2303 freeze the computer after several
minute loaded with a volume pdb file) , I have problem to start it up
on (RedHat):

agnieszka at raptor ~]$ chimera
Error starting chimera:
ValueError: attempt to create string with null pointer
(see reply log for Python traceback info)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/sware/chimera/chimera-1.2304/share/__main__.py", line 59, in ?
   value = chimeraInit.init(sys.argv)
 File "CHIMERA/share/chimeraInit.py", line 255, in init
   tkgui.initializeGUI(exitonquit)
 File "CHIMERA/share/chimera/tkgui.py", line 2407, in initializeGUI
 File "CHIMERA/share/chimera/tkgui.py", line 2368, in createApp
 File "CHIMERA/share/chimera/tkgui.py", line 1784, in __init__
 File "CHIMERA/share/chimera/tkgui.py", line 1811, in makeGraphicsWindow
ValueError: attempt to create string with null pointer

any help?

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Chen Xu
Brandeis University
Rosenstiel Center, MS029
Waltham, MA 02454
phone: +1 781 736 2469
fax: +1 781 736 2419