From: B. Bennion (bbennion_at_u.washington.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 15:18:45 CST

Hi John,

A printenv shows that display is :0.0

I will try one of your new binaries.
Brian

On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, John Stone wrote:

> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:04:55 -0600
> From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> To: B. Bennion <bbennion_at_u.washington.edu>, vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Cc: vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: opengl libraries
>
>
>
> Brian,
> I took a look at your core file and it appears that your
> VMD binary is dying in a simple call to XOpenDisplay(). VMD
> passes in the value of the "DISPLAY" or "VMDGDISPLAY" environment
> variables depending on what they are set to. What did you have
> your DISPLAY variable set to when you ran this binary? If it is
> NULL, it is possible that you have a buggy X library that doesn't
> do any consistency checking of its own, causing the seg fault.
> By and large though, I wouldn't expect _any_ X application to run
> without the DISPLAY variable set. (VMD won't even get as far as
> starting up since the xterm console will fail to startup).
> My suggestion is to examine your X server installation, as we
> haven't had that problem before. Out of curiosity, what happens
> when you run one of the VMD binaries that we distribute?
>
> Thanks,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 12:32:53PM -0600, John Stone wrote:
> > Brian,
> > Can you send me a copy of your vmd_LINUX binary and the core file? I can
> > probably figure out what's going on if I have those items.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:23:49AM -0800, B. Bennion wrote:
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > I remembered the problem with pcre.c The config script is a little
> > > backwards. It adds prce if the python option is not set, but doesn't add
> > > it when python is wanted.
> > >
> > > Anyway, other problems.
> > >
> > >
> > > Which opengl libraries where used in the creation of vmd 1.7.1? Do I need
> > > to get newer ones?
> > >
> > >
> > > I am compiling for linux RH7.1 with the OPENGL option. Things compile
> > > fine.
> > > When I run I get a segmentation fault. The core points to:
> > >
> > > #5 0x0808a637 in OpenGLDisplayDevice::open_window () at eval.c:41
> > >
> > >
> > > The lib files are shown below:
> > >
> > > Core was generated by `vmd_LINUX'.
> > > Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libtk.so...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libtk.so
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libtcl.so...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libtcl.so
> > > Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
> > > Reading symbols from /lib/libutil.so.1...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /lib/libutil.so.1
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
> > > Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libm.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libm.so.6
> > > Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6
> > > Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
> > > Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6...done.
> > > Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Graduate Research Assistant
> > > Dep. Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington
> > > Tel# (206)616-2779
> > > BOX 357610 Seattle WA 98195
> > >
> > > email--bbennion_at_u.washington.edu
> > > web page--http://students.washington.edu/bbennion
> >
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> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
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Dep. Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington
Tel# (206)616-2779
BOX 357610 Seattle WA 98195

email--bbennion_at_u.washington.edu
web page--http://students.washington.edu/bbennion