[gmx-users] g_helix question

[David]

On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 12:45 -0600, Zhen Qin wrote:
> hi,
>  I met a problem when trying to analyse my system with g_helix function.
> My system contains a protein (belta-helix), some membrane lipid molecules,
> and a lot of water. I want to use g_helix to compute the helix properties,
> so I use:
>  g_helix -f history.xtc -s system.tpr -n index.ndx
> (my index.ndx contains atoms that form the helix).
did you give the -ahxstart and -ahxend options?

Always use the -h option before you run a program the first time.
> 
>  However, after I ran, I found all the .xvg files excepting
> JCaHa.xvg and helicity.xvg generated contains only
> the informatic head, no data at all. And in helicity.xvg, the data part is
> like
>          1           0
>          2           0
>          3           0
>          4           0
>          5           0
>          6           0
>           ....
>           ....
> 
>  and all the .out files are empty.
> 
>  This is my first time to use g_helix, I am totally confused. Are my input
> files wrong? What shall I do?
> 
>  Thank you very much.
> 
> 
> Yours
> Zhen
> 
> 
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David.
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