[xcrysden] problems with installing XCRYSDEN-1.5.24-src-all again

[Elie Albert Moujaes]

Thanks very much for your help. I was able to solve everything by connecting 
PuTTy to Xming and filling in the correct X display parameters. Now XCrySDen 
works perfectly well.

Regards

Elie



On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:39:06 +0100, Tone Kokalj wrote
> On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 16:58 -0300, Elie Albert Moujaes wrote:
> > Dear Tone,
> > 
> > I have looked the error up and knew that I need to install an older 
version of 
> > XCrysden (I have actually installed XCrySDen-1.5.21-bin-semishared). When 
I 
> > run xcrysden I get the DISPLAY problem again mainly:
> > 
> > "TCL_LIBRARY=/home_cluster/fis718/eliemouj/XCrySDen-1.5.21-bin-
> > semishared/external/lib/tcl8.5
> > XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR=/home_cluster/fis718/eliemouj/XCrySDen-1.5.21-bin-
semishared
> > XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH=/home_cluster/fis718/eliemouj/xcrys_tmp
> > 
> > Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY 
environment 
> > variable
> 
> OK, now you get it working. The problem you are facing can be caused 
> by, say, two possibilities:
> 
> 1. you are not running X-window
> 
> 2. you tried to run xcrysden remotely (this is not recommended, because
> a remote running is very slow). But if you insist then you need to
> enable X11 forwarding, e.g., use ssh -X option.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Anton Kokalj
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