Chimera will not start
Hello, I am a postdoc in the Lin lab at Tufts. We use Chimera for everything. Thank you for such wonderful software. Last week Chimera stopped working on my machine. I tried (1) restarting my machine (2) Updating my OS (3) reinstalling Chimera (4) Installing the daily release of Chimera. Nothing works… Thankfully ChimeraX is a good substitute. However, (A) I cannot seem to find all the features that I want in ChimeraX that I loved in Chimers, for example minimization tools, and (B) would really like the Chimera GUI to work. Any thoughts? Maybe there is a corrupted hidden cache file that I need to delete somewhere. Best Max
Hi Max, You don't mention what OS you are using, but there should be a folder named ".chimera" under your home folder. Try removing or renaming the "preferences" file in that folder. It may be tricky to actually see the ".chimera" folder, depending on what OS you are using. We are certainly planning on getting minimization into ChimeraX, but it's not there yet. --Eric Eric Pettersen UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
On Sep 5, 2023, at 7:37 PM, Secor, Maxim via Chimera-users <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hello,
I am a postdoc in the Lin lab at Tufts. We use Chimera for everything. Thank you for such wonderful software.
Last week Chimera stopped working on my machine. I tried (1) restarting my machine (2) Updating my OS (3) reinstalling Chimera (4) Installing the daily release of Chimera. Nothing works… Thankfully ChimeraX is a good substitute.
However, (A) I cannot seem to find all the features that I want in ChimeraX that I loved in Chimers, for example minimization tools, and (B) would really like the Chimera GUI to work.
Any thoughts? Maybe there is a corrupted hidden cache file that I need to delete somewhere.
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Hi Eric, Removing the preference directory worked! Thank you very much. I really appreciated your speedy response. You guys are the best! Max From: Eric Pettersen <pett@cgl.ucsf.edu> Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 1:44 PM To: Secor, Maxim <Maxim.Secor@tufts.edu> Cc: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> Subject: [External] Re: [Chimera-users] Chimera will not start Hi Max, You don't mention what OS you are using, but there should be a folder named ".chimera" under your home folder. Try removing or renaming the "preferences" file in that folder. It may be tricky to actually see the ".chimera" folder, depending on what OS you are using. We are certainly planning on getting minimization into ChimeraX, but it's not there yet. --Eric Eric Pettersen UCSF Computer Graphics Lab On Sep 5, 2023, at 7:37 PM, Secor, Maxim via Chimera-users <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu<mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote: Hello, I am a postdoc in the Lin lab at Tufts. We use Chimera for everything. Thank you for such wonderful software. Last week Chimera stopped working on my machine. I tried (1) restarting my machine (2) Updating my OS (3) reinstalling Chimera (4) Installing the daily release of Chimera. Nothing works… Thankfully ChimeraX is a good substitute. However, (A) I cannot seem to find all the features that I want in ChimeraX that I loved in Chimers, for example minimization tools, and (B) would really like the Chimera GUI to work. Any thoughts? Maybe there is a corrupted hidden cache file that I need to delete somewhere. Best Max _______________________________________________ Chimera-users mailing list -- chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu<mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> To unsubscribe send an email to chimera-users-leave@cgl.ucsf.edu<mailto:chimera-users-leave@cgl.ucsf.edu> Archives: https://mail.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/archives/list/chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu/ Caution: This message originated from outside of the Tufts University organization. Please exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments. When in doubt, email the TTS Service Desk at it@tufts.edu<mailto:it@tufts.edu> or call them directly at 617-627-3376.
Glad it worked! --Eric
On Sep 6, 2023, at 3:49 PM, Secor, Maxim via Chimera-users <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi Eric,
Removing the preference directory worked! Thank you very much. I really appreciated your speedy response. You guys are the best!
Max
From: Eric Pettersen <pett@cgl.ucsf.edu> Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 1:44 PM To: Secor, Maxim <Maxim.Secor@tufts.edu> Cc: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> Subject: [External] Re: [Chimera-users] Chimera will not start
Hi Max, You don't mention what OS you are using, but there should be a folder named ".chimera" under your home folder. Try removing or renaming the "preferences" file in that folder. It may be tricky to actually see the ".chimera" folder, depending on what OS you are using. We are certainly planning on getting minimization into ChimeraX, but it's not there yet.
--Eric
Eric Pettersen UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
On Sep 5, 2023, at 7:37 PM, Secor, Maxim via Chimera-users <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote:
Hello,
I am a postdoc in the Lin lab at Tufts. We use Chimera for everything. Thank you for such wonderful software.
Last week Chimera stopped working on my machine. I tried (1) restarting my machine (2) Updating my OS (3) reinstalling Chimera (4) Installing the daily release of Chimera. Nothing works… Thankfully ChimeraX is a good substitute.
However, (A) I cannot seem to find all the features that I want in ChimeraX that I loved in Chimers, for example minimization tools, and (B) would really like the Chimera GUI to work.
Any thoughts? Maybe there is a corrupted hidden cache file that I need to delete somewhere.
Best Max _______________________________________________ Chimera-users mailing list -- chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> To unsubscribe send an email to chimera-users-leave@cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:chimera-users-leave@cgl.ucsf.edu> Archives: https://mail.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/archives/list/chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu/ <https://mail.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/archives/list/chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu/>
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