[Pw_forum] Alternative to Xcrysden

[Rajesh]

Dear Fang,

Thank you for your response. Can you give some details how to access it on
my windows pc from cluster.

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Yue-Wen Fang <yuewen.fang at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually you don't need install Cygwin, its package is so large and I can
> guarantee 99% of its functionality won't be used in all of our life.
> Alternatively, you just need install Xcrysden in the account of
> superconducting center or cluster, and then install a X-windows in your
> windows 8.1 (please google it and you will find many tools).
>
> Bests
> FANG
>
> 2017-07-23 16:58 GMT+08:00 Matic Poberžnik <matic.poberznik at gmail.com>:
>
>> The issue is in the tcl version you should install tcl8.5 but apt-cyg
>> installs 8.6 ( that was my mistake sorry). I solved this by going to the
>> original cygwin installation executable, running it and then searching for
>> tcl string. It should be listed as installed, if you click a few times
>> version 8.5 should appear, after i installed this it worked. Again sorry
>> for the mistake as for the other machine I don't know where the problem
>> lies.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Matic
>>
>> 2017-07-23 8:43 GMT+02:00 Rajesh <creativeidleminds at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Dear Matic
>>> I also tried the same procedure on other pc but I am getting error
>>> libtcl8.5.dll not found. Installling how can I install libtcl8.5. I have
>>> installed tcl-tk8.5 package but no libtcl8.5 file is there in cygwin
>>> directory, instead there is libtcl8.6. Where I can find libtcl8.5.dll?
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Rajesh <creativeidleminds at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Matic
>>>> I repeated the steps as:
>>>> First I removed cygwin fully and installed it again. Then
>>>>
>>>> 1. installed everything as you mentioned.
>>>> 2. Issued the command  XWin :0 -clipboard -multiwindow &  xterm &
>>>> 3. Open another cygwin terminal and issued ./xcrysden from xcrysden top
>>>> directory.
>>>> 4. But no luck. Still giving the same issue.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Matic Poberžnik <
>>>> matic.poberznik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Rajesh,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just installed it on my system and it seems to work (Windows 7 but I
>>>>> think there shouldn't be much difference):
>>>>>
>>>>> First I installed the dependencies:
>>>>>
>>>>> apt-cyg install libGL1 libGLU1  xorg-server  bash bc coreutils  gawk
>>>>> grep  gzip  ImageMagick  less libgfortran3 xterm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (libgfortran3 is needed to avoid some errors)
>>>>> Then I started x by typing (I get similar messages than you but they
>>>>> shouldn't be anything to worry about):
>>>>>
>>>>> XWin :0 -clipboard -multiwindow &
>>>>> xterm &
>>>>>
>>>>> This started the xterm, from which I was then able to run from the top
>>>>> install directory xcrysden (~/xcrysden-1.5.60-bin-shared/).
>>>>>
>>>>> ./xcrysden
>>>>>
>>>>> So in the end I am unable to reproduce your problem, could you try
>>>>> these steps and let me know how it goes?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Matic Poberznik
>>>>> J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2017-07-22 15:41 GMT+02:00 Rajesh <creativeidleminds at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Matic
>>>>>> Its not starting even from xterminal. When I start  startx I get some
>>>>>> errors
>>>>>> (II) xorg.conf is not supported
>>>>>> and LoadPreferences: /home/RAMJI/.XWinrc not found
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Matic Poberznik <
>>>>>> matic.poberznik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > But dont get any xcrysden window.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure it seems everything should be ok. Are you sure you
>>>>>>> started
>>>>>>> it from the xterminal?
>>>>>>> i.e. after typing startx a new terminal should appear, and xcrysden
>>>>>>> should work from there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Matic
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Matic Poberznik
>>>>>>> J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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