Surely there must be a way to run Pymol in a mode that does not fire up the GUI but still allows it access to OpenGL??
> Michael, > > The "-c" option forces PyMOL to run in command-line-only mode which means it > doesn't have access to the OpenGL hardware (used by cmd.draw and interactive > graphics). In command-line-only mode, ray tracing (cmd.ray) is the only > option. > > Cheers, > Warren > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pymol-users-bounces@... [mailto:pymol-users-bounces@...] On >> Behalf Of Michael Lerner >> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:31 AM >> To: pymol mailinglist >> Subject: [PyMOL] Trouble making pictures in a script >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a Python script that sets a system up and then calls >> cmd.png() to render an image. I use it to process several files at >> a time, and there's no need to look at it while it's working, so I >> use >> >> pymol -qcr myscript.py >> >> to launch it. It works fine when I ray trace things, but if I just >> set the system up and call cmd.png(), I get this error: >> >> ScenePNG-WARNING: invalid context or no image. >> >> Calling cmd.draw() instead of cmd.ray() doesn't seem to fix things. >> Any ideas? Some of the systems are big enough that cmd.ray() fails, >> so I'd like to be able to find a workaround. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -michael >> >> -- >> Biophysics Graduate Student >> Carlson Lab, University of Michigan >> http://www.umich.edu/~mlerner >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> PyMOL-users mailing list >> PyMOL-users@... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > _____________________________________________________ > Dr. Douglas R. Houston > Lecturer > Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology > Room 3.23, Michael Swann Building > King's Buildings > University of Edinburgh > Edinburgh, EH9 3JR, UK > Tel. 0131 650 7358 > http://tinyurl.com/douglasrhouston > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > > > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net