Hmm... Well, RHEL is a Fedora-based Linux, so I guess this shouldn't be a surprise. What is frustrating is that this problem is so inconsistent -- some users experience it, and others (including us) do not.
At the present time, the only advice I can offer is: do not count on being able to run PyMOL on recent Linux distributions derived from Fedora until the underlying cause of this issue is identified and resolved. If you must run Linux, use something like Ubuntu. If molecular graphics is mission critical for your work, then do consider switching operating systems. As much as I believe in the power of open-source software, if you are just an ordinary user and do not want to administer unix at the "root" level, do not wish to dive into open-source code, and do not have time to troubleshoot underlying infrastructure stacks, then I would seriously think twice about running Linux on the desktop. Five years ago, there was no good alterative -- but that simply isn't true any more. If, however, you are one of those fellow geeks for whom and by which Linux was built -- how about a little help troubleshooting this issue? ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf > Of Sabuj Pattanayek > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:06 AM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] can't type into Tcl/Tk dialogs using RHEL5 > Linux Client > > Hi, > > We have a system running > > cat /etc/redhat-release > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5 (Tikanga) > > When we launch Open-Source PyMOL 0.99rc6, we can't type > anything into the Tcl/Tk dialogs (e.g. main dialog, file > open, apbs tools, etc). > Typing into the viewer dialog works. Has anyone noticed this > problem or know about a fix? > > Thanks, > Sabuj Pattanayek > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 > Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control > of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users
