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From: Christopher McLean (C.J.McLean_at_leeds.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 09 2010 - 09:04:06 CST

Many thanks for the speedy reply John - let me know if I can be of any help

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Stone [mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu]
> Sent: 09 February 2010 14:13
> To: Christopher McLean
> Cc: Axel Kohlmeyer; 'vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu'
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: Blank thumbnails and non-working snapshots
>
>
> Chris,
> I will look into this today and let you know what I find.
> No need to send me a separate email, as I read all of the VMD-L
> postings. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 09:47:41AM +0000, Christopher McLean wrote:
> > Thanks for the feedback Axel,
> >
> >
> >
> > The user is on:
> >
> > . Kernel: 2.6.31-19-generic-pae (i686)
> >
> > . Distro: Ubuntu 9.10
> >
> > . VMD for LINUX, version 1.8.7 (August 1, 2009)
> >
> >
> >
> > It is not possible at this moment to move this user to another
> > environment, although we could test dev builds on this machine if
> needed.
> > Should a bug report be filed for this or is this list monitored by
> the
> > devs? Am happy to provide any further information as needed
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > > From: Axel Kohlmeyer [mailto:akohlmey_at_gmail.com]
> >
> > > Sent: 08 February 2010 17:48
> >
> > > To: Christopher McLean
> >
> > > Cc: 'vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu'
> >
> > > Subject: Re: vmd-l: Blank thumbnails and non-working snapshots
> >
> > >
> >
> > > On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 15:55 +0000, Christopher McLean wrote:
> >
> > > > Hi,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > hi chris,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > One of our students is having issues with the ViewMaster
> plugin. When
> >
> > > > snapshots are taken, and the project saved, upon reloading,
> the
> >
> > > > thumbnails are blank and clicking one of the thumbnails does
> not
> >
> > > > reload the view. The thumbnails look fine upon creation before
> >
> > > > save/reload.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > confirmed. i see the same thing here on a fedora 12 x86_64
> machine
> >
> > > with the current development code. after reloading the state,
> some
> >
> > > more things seem to be broken. like new representations can only
> be
> >
> > > created for lines and points.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > unfortunately, i cannot give any pointers as to how to resolve
> this.
> >
> > > it looks like something deep inside of VMD is going wrong. using
> >
> > > valgrind doesn't show anything unusual.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > can you please check what platform your user is using, and
> perhaps
> >
> > > have him or her try a different platform? that could provide a
> hint
> >
> > > where to look.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > thanks,
> >
> > > axel.
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > > Any help or pointers would be appreciated.
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > > Regards
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > > Chris
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >
>
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