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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 07 2011 - 15:53:04 CST

Cesar,
  Thanks for the feedback. What CUDA driver version is installed on
your Mac presently? Also, which version of MacOS X are you running?
See the "about this mac" item in the mac menu, or type "sw_vers" in
a shell to get the MacOS X version info.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 03:47:47PM -0600, Cesar Millan wrote:
> Hi John, I just tried VMD 1.9 beta 3 in my macbook white 5,2 (intel core 2
> Duo, 4Gb RAM)
> and I got this message:
> CUDA error: no CUDA-capable device is available, CUDAClearDevice.cu line
> 62
>
> the graphic card is :*NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
> thank you
> Cesar
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:53 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear VMD-L,
> *I've just posted VMD 1.9 beta 3 for download.
>
> Beta 3 is effectively feature-complete and I am now
> just trying to squash any major bugs that haven't
> already been fixed.
>
> Of particular note in VMD 1.9 beta 3:
> *VMD 1.9 beta 3 is compiled against the latest
> stable FLTK version 1.1.10. *This should fix a few outstanding
> issues with the behavior of the graphical interface on MacOS X.
> I would very much like to hear from any MacOS X users that
> encounter any new problems with the GUI in this beta version.
>
> Another significant change to this beta for MacOS X relates
> to the way that the NVIDIA CUDA libraries are linked to the
> application. *More Mac users should now see their machines
> detect and benefit from CUDA acceleration in VMD than was
> the case previously. *The NVIDIA CUDA drivers still have
> installed (a separate download) in order for CUDA support to
> be enabled for MacOS X, even with these changes.
>
> I am also seeking feedback from Windows users, in case people
> have trouble running either the CUDA or non-CUDA builds for Windows.
>
> If you have trouble downloading, installing, or running
> the beta versions, please let me know so we can resolve
> any lingering issues before the final release.
>
> I am hoping to make the final VMD 1.9 release in the next
> week to 10 days if no major problems arise.
>
> The release notes and documentation for this beta version
> are posted here and will be updated as I close in on the
> final release:
> *http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/vmd-1.9/docs.html
>
> Cheers,
> *John Stone
> *vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
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University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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