[xcrysden] Xcrysden not opening

[Tone Kokalj]

Dear Shyam,

Uncomment the "#set toglOpt(accum) false" line in the
custom-definitions file, i.e., create the $USER/.xcrysden directory and
copy the custom-definitions file into it and then edit the file. 

In the Ubuntu/Debian version, the file is located in
/usr/share/xcrysden/Tcl/custom-definitions

If you installed xcrysden yourself, then the file is located in
$XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR/Tcl/custom-definitions

For example:

cd
mkdir .xcrysden
cd .xcrysden
cp /usr/share/xcrysden/Tcl/custom-definitions .

and edit the file by uncommenting the "#set toglOpt(accum)  false"
line. 

Best regards.
Tone
-- 
Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

On Tue, 2025-03-04 at 10:23 +0545, sumit shah wrote:
> Dear all, 
> I have  installed xcrysden from the package manager. However, it
> blinks and disappears when I open it showing following error message;
> 
> XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR=/usr/share/xcrysden
> XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH=/tmp
> 
> Running on platform : unix
>    Operating system : Linux
> Package ImageMagick's convert: /usr/bin/convert
> Package ImageMagick's import: /usr/bin/import
> Package Ppmtompeg: /usr/bin/ppmtompeg
> Package Xwd: /usr/bin/xwd
> Executing: /usr/lib/xcrysden/ftnunit
> Error in startup script: 
> Couldn't configure togl widget
>     while executing
> "togl .mesa  -width          400  -height         400  -ident        
>  .mesa  -rgba           $toglOpt(rgba)           -redsize      
>  $toglOpt(redsize..."
>     (procedure "PlaceGlobWin" line 107)
>     invoked from within
> "PlaceGlobWin 0 [expr round(670 * $fac1)] [expr round(670 * $fac1)]"
>     (procedure "ViewMol" line 25)
>     invoked from within
> "ViewMol ."
>     invoked from within
> "if { [llength $argv] > 2 } {
>     parseComLinArg [lrange $argv 2 end]
> } else {
>     ViewMol .
> }"
>     (file "/usr/share/xcrysden/Tcl/xcInit.tcl" line 633)
> How can I fix this issue? I am using the 24.04 version of ubuntu.
> Please advise me. 
> 
> Regards,
> Shyam Sharma
> M.Sc Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
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