You have given a lot of information except for one important thing: what is the java you have installed? The jmol applet is most reliable and tested only on Sun/Oracle java.
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:40:51 AM UTC+8, Benjamin Jones wrote: > > 3d plotting using Jmol: black screen of death > > I've read through all the Jmol problem threads here that I could find, > back to 2008, and I can't find an answer to the "Jmol produces a > blank, > black display" problem I'm about to describe. So here is a new thread. > ... > > I've been having a frustrating time making 3d plots using Jmol for a while > now. I have > a server setup running Debian and various versions of the Sage notebook on > different ports. I'm connecting to the server mainly with a newish > MacBook Pro (OS X 10.6.8) using Firefox 11 or Chrome > 18.0.1025.151. > > I experience the following thing, over and over again. > 1. I connect to the notebook > 2. I start a new worksheet > 3. I type cube() into the first cell and evaluate > 4. Jmol loads, I see a cube. Great! > 5. I Save and Quit, go do something else, maybe shut the lid on my > laptop, etc. > 6. I load the worksheet just made. Where the Jmol applet displays > there is only a black screen. > 7. Re-evaluating the cell returns the same black display. > 8. Quitting browser, clearing cache, cookies, rebooting computer, has > no effect. > 9. I notice that one I get the "black screen of death" once, I get it > in every other old worksheet containing a Jmol applet and in every new > worksheet I produce until some later indeterminate time when it starts > working again. > > In trying to isolate the problem, or just to find a Sage / Sagenb > version where 3d plotting with Jmol works consistently, I collected > some data which I post below. I haven't come to any conclusion yet, > but I'd really like to track this problem down. I find that using > sageng.org > basically always works (all platforms / browser combos below work there) > so I guess one question is what magic is going on there with regards to > Jmol and the notebook that I can't get using sage-4.8 + instructions at > trac #11080? > > - Note: Mac = Mac OS X 10.6.8, Linux = Fedora 16 VM > - Note: on Mac and Linux, all examples at > http://jmol.sourceforge.net/demo/ WORK fine. > - Note: When I say WORK, I means the plots load always, can be > reloaded, at will, anytime. When I say FAILS, I mean that it > might work the first time the plot is made, but I get black > screen of death or some other bad behavior thereafter. > > = Data = > > == MY SERVER == > > - Sage 4.7.1 > - Mac > - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, menus work but no data) > - FAILS in Chrome 18.0.1025.151 (black screen, menus work but no > data) > - Linux > - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, red error "No atoms found for file > string type > Xyz") > - Windows 7 > - WORKS on one machine, FAILS on another in FF 11 > - WORKS in IE (both machines!?!?) > > - Sage 4.8 + new notebook at #11080 (applied months ago) > - Mac > - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, menus work but no data) > - FAILS in Chrome 18.0.1025.151 (black screen, menus work but no > data) > - Linux > - FAILS in FF 11 > > - Sage 4.8 (stock) > - Mac > - WORKS in FF 11 > - WORKS in Crome 18.0.1025.151 > - Linux > - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, red error "No atoms found for file > string type") > - Sage 5.0.beta13 + new notebook at #11080 (applied 2012-04-09) > - Mac > - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, menus work but no data) > - FAILS in Chrome 18.0.1025.151 (black screen, menus work but no > data) > - Linux > - WORKS in FF 11 > - Windows 7 > - WORKS in FF 11 > - WORKS in IE (!?!?) > > == REMOTE SERVERS == > > - sagenb.org (sage-4.8 + ???) > - Mac > - WORKS in Chrome 18.0.1025.151 > - Linux (Fed 16 VM) > - WORKS in FF 11 > > - test.sagenb.org (sage-5.0.beta11 + ???) > - Mac > - WORKS in FF 11 > - WORKS in Chrome 18 > - Linux > - FAILS in FF 11 (Loading Jmol applet counts up forever..) > - FAILS in Chrome 18 (tab crashes "he's dead, Jim!") > > > > -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
