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[PyMOL] Some experiences with the new 0.78-rpms

[Marc S. <mar...@mp...>]

Hi all,

just to let you know about the new 0.78-rpms.

I use a PII/400 with a Matrox G400 graphics-board and SuSE Linux 
7.3/XFree86 4.1.0 with OpenGL-hardware3D/DRI-rendering enabled.

Python 2.1 and Numeric Python are installed.

The Redhat72-rpm can only be installed if used with the --force and 
--nodeps switches (otherwise it complains about not having Python 2.1). 
During installation, some error-messages come up, stating that user 
"warren" is not available (should I give him an account on my machine 
;-) and root is used instead.

After that, pymol works fine though. The only disatvantage is the 
somewhat too small font in the Tk-log-window.

So in essence: The Redhat72-rpms work on SuSE 7.3 also.

---
Marc Saric

Re: [PyMOL] Some experiences with the new 0.78-rpms

[Warren L. D. <wa...@su...>]

Marc,
   
> The Redhat72-rpm can only be installed if used with the --force and 
> --nodeps switches (otherwise it complains about not having Python 2.1). 
> During installation, some error-messages come up, stating that user 
> "warren" is not available (should I give him an account on my machine 
> ;-) and root is used instead.

   Hmm. there must be some ownership issues on some of the files --
I'll fix that in a 3rd release.

> After that, pymol works fine though. The only disatvantage is the 
> somewhat too small font in the Tk-log-window.
 
This is a recurring issue with Tcl/Tk under Linux: different
machines give different sized fonts, and I don't know why.  To
increase the font size, open up pymol/modules/pmg_tk/PMGAPP.py and search
for "my_fw_font".  It is currently size 7 for linux -- it probably needs
to be 9 or 10 for your machine.  Perhaps someone know why this happens?  

> So in essence: The Redhat72-rpms work on SuSE 7.3 also.

Wonderful!

-Warren