Hi Junjun, you probably have a cheap graphics card with limited shader support. This should help:
PyMOL> set cylinder_shader_ff_workaround And eventually: PyMOL> unset line_as_cylinders Can you please also send me the output of: PyMOL> print cmd.get_renderer() See also: http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Cylinder_shader_ff_workaround http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Pymolrc Cheers, Thomas liu junjun wrote, On 08/07/13 19:00: > Hello, > > I've just installed Python2.7 and pre-compiled PyMol 1.6 on my WindowsXP > by following the instruction at PyMol wiki. > > The installation went through, and most function on viewing/drawing a > molecule are fine except that "show as lines" doesn't work. When > clicking "show as lines" or typing the command "show lines, all", > nothing is on the screen, but when clicking/typing "show as cartoon" or > other representation styles, it looks working well. > > Can you please shed me a light if you happen to know the solution? > > Thanks! > > Junjun -- Thomas Holder PyMOL Developer Schrödinger Contractor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net