Thanks to all, redirecting didn't work but it seems fine now after restarting kde. Don't know what's different though.
On 20/09/2007, DeLano Scientific <del...@delsci.info> wrote: > > Try redirecting stderr and stdout to a file -- the process may be getting > suspended by the shell due to output. > > csh/tcsh: > > pymol -qc script.pml >& pymol.log > > sh/bash: > > pymol -qc script.pml > pymol.log 2>&1 > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto: > pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] *On Behalf Of *Gordon Wells > *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:11 AM > *To:* pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* [PyMOL] pymol in the background > > Hi > > I seem to be having trouble running pymol (v1.0, gentoo) in the background > from a terminal, neither appending "&" nor "ctrl+z" followed "bg" is doing > the trick. In both cases pymol freezes during certain operations, eg opening > pdbs, drawing cartoon. The window controls themselves respond. Don't want to > have to change directory in pymol all the time. Any ideas? > > > -- > I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to > understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised > for telling one another when the best fruit is. > > -- Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett > -- > > Gordon Wells > Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit > Department of Biochemistry > University of Pretoria > > -- I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is. -- Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett -- Gordon Wells Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit Department of Biochemistry University of Pretoria