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From: Cesar Millan (pachequin_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 08 2011 - 19:14:30 CST

John,

sorry for the late response, I was out of office.

This is what I got:

>$ kextstat | grep "CUDA"
 134 0 0x57838000 0x2000 0x1000 com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) <4 1>

Regards

Cesar

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:54 AM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

>
> Cesar,
> What do you get when you run this command:
> kextstat | grep "CUDA"
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:43:46PM -0600, Cesar Millan wrote:
> > John,
> > Here are the results for sw_vers:
> > ProductName: Mac OS X
> > ProductVersion: 10.6.6
> > BuildVersion: 10J567
> > the cuda version is 3.2.17
> > hope this helps.
> > Cesar
> > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:53 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 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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> > > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > > ############################
> > > C*sar Milln Pacheco
> > > email: cmp_at_uaem.mx
> > > * * * * * pachequin_at_gmail.com
> >
> > --
> > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > ############################
> > Cesar Millan Pacheco
> > email: cmp_at_uaem.mx
> > pachequin_at_gmail.com
>
> --
> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> 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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César Millán Pacheco
email: cmp_at_uaem.mx
          pachequin_at_gmail.com