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From: Dong Luo (us917_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 20 2010 - 11:12:11 CST

Hi,

Yes, the X11 composite extension was detected by VMD. I googled and disabled it, then restarted X server. The tcl console problem is not solved. So I upgraded the NVIDIA driver to the latest version 190.53. Problem still remains. Here is the new glxinfo output: http://pastebin.com/m72268a0d

As for the strangelines you mentioned, it now disappeared: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1727104/picture/newTclConsole.jpg.

Dong

----- Original Message ----
From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
To: Dong Luo <us917_at_yahoo.com>
Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Sent: Wed, January 20, 2010 11:24:45 AM
Subject: Re: vmd-l: bad text display in tk console (ubuntu 8.04 VMD 1.8.7 linux 32 bit)

Hi,
  Do you still have those strange lines going through your window
title bars etc? Do you have the X11 composite extension enabled?
(do you see warnings about it when VMD starts up?)

You might see if updating to a more recent video driver helps your
problem or not. You're using a 185.x series driver from what I saw,
but newer versions are available now.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
  

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 08:17:57AM -0800, Dong Luo wrote:
> Sorry for late reply. Here is the glxinfo output: http://pastebin.com/m419b897
> "export LC_ALL=C" suggested by Axel Kohlmeyer is not working here.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Dong
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> To: Dong Luo <us917_at_yahoo.com>
> Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 1:01:17 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: bad text display in tk console (ubuntu 8.04 VMD 1.8.7 linux 32 bit)
>
>
> Hi
> Wow, indeed, that's pretty horrifying. I also notice some odd
> looking lines going through the minimize button and the window title bar,
> are you using the X composite extension? What video card and driver are
> you using? The snapshot you provided looks to me like a malfunctioning
> attempt to antialias the displayed font which could be caused by either
> the choice of a terrible font (but why would they even install one that
> looks so bad?!?!?!), or some kind of windowing system or video driver
> problem.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 09:30:48AM -0800, Dong Luo wrote:
> > The text displayed in tk console is almost unreadable. Here is a snapshot showing what it looks like:
> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1727104/picture/VMD_TkConsole.jpg
> >
> > I've been tried to tweak the system font and searching around, but can't get this solved.
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated.
> >
> > Dong
> >
> >
> >
>
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