Running Molden and Molekel
Running Molden and Molekel on bazaar using X and X forwarding
- Add molden and molekel to your $PATH environment variable:
- Add the paths in your ~/.bashrc file:
export PATH=$PATH:/cluster/bazaar/software/molekel/bin/:/cluster/bazaar/software/molden/
- You need an X server running on your local machine.
- As the rendering applications are executed on bazaar, X forwarding is needed to transfer the application's graphical output to a remote machine (your local machine running an X server in this case). X forwarding is setup automatically with the -X option in ssh when connecting to a bazaar node (example: ssh -X b0.cluster.earlham.edu).
- Run molden or molekel in your ssh terminal. The graphical output of the application should be mapped to the X server on your local machine.
An alternative to using -X in ssh: Using $DISPLAY and xhost.
- Allow an X connection from a bazaar node on your local machine:
xhost +b0.cluster.earlham.edu
xhost + to allow connections from any host
- Set your $DISPLAY environment variable to the machine name (or IP address) and display number of your local X server:
export DISPLAY=159.28.1.1:0.0
note: The :0.0 is the display number. This value is typically :0.0 or :1.0.
- Run the application.
Posted by mccoyjo at April 2, 2005 01:20 AM