This problem is usually caused by running out of colors used to encode atoms during interactive selection -- that can happen when the display is in 16-bit (thousands of colors) as opposed to 24/32-bit (millions of colors).
Please double-check the Display settings in System Preferences. > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf > Of bgbg bg > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:23 AM > To: Heidi Privett > Cc: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [PyMOL] trouble selecting residues with mouse > > I also have such a problem (on Linux). Couldn't find any > solution though. > > On 2/8/07, Heidi Privett <priv...@caltech.edu> wrote: > > I have been trying to run the latest version of MacPyMOL on my new > > iMac with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the latest > version of OSX. > > I have noticed problems trying to select residues with my mouse > > (either control-clicking to select or double clicking to get the > > menu). I can select some residues normally, but for others, when I > > control-click on them, a residue in another part of the > protein gets selected. Still other residues cannot be selected > > at all using the mouse. This also happens with I try to > pick atoms with > > the mouse. > > > > I've seen this happen with multiple PDB files and older > versions of MacPyMOL > > as well. I don't have any problems selecting residues or > atoms with the > > command line. > > > > This problem seems to be similar to the one that someone was having > > with the > > X11 version a couple of weeks ago. Does anyone have any > suggestions? > > > > Thanks. > > Heidi > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Heidi K. Privett > > Graduate Student > > Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California > Institute of > > Technology 1200 E. California Blvd. MC 114-96 Pasadena, CA > 91125 USA > > > > priv...@caltech.edu > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > > security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to > make your job > > easier. > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > > Geronimo > > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=1216 > > 42 _______________________________________________ > > PyMOL-users mailing list > > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join > SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief > surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge &CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users
