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From: Gianluca Interlandi (gianluca_at_u.washington.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 11 2011 - 13:01:17 CST

Is next week's test release going to be alpha or beta?

Gianluca

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, John Stone wrote:

>
> The test versions are available either from the main page (once it
> becomes a "beta") or by following the instructions on the
> VMD pre-release test page, and getting the most recent "alpha" version
> from the biocore server:
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:30:08AM -0800, Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>>> I should have a new VMD test version posted early next week.
>>
>> Is this going to be a 1.9.1 release from the usual VMD download page or do
>> I need to get it from the SVN?
>>
>> Gianluca
>>
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> John Stone
>>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 01:56:37PM -0700, Andrew Jewett wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:12 AM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>  I'm soliciting feedback from any VMD users that are running
>>>>> on Linux systems using the ATI GPUs or graphics chipsets, to
>>>>> find out how stable the current crop of ATI drivers are.
>>>>> For a period of a few years, there were stability problems
>>>>> with the ATI drivers on Linux, but things have slowly improved
>>>>> and if possible, I would like to turn off some VMD safety code
>>>>> that prevents the old buggy ATI drivers from crashing, since
>>>>> this code costs a significant amount of performance in cases
>>>>> where the drivers are working fine.  In order for me to make
>>>>> this change safely, I would like to hear from people that
>>>>> are using the ATI/AMD commercial graphics drivers with VMD
>>>>> on Linux, in particular in the case where they have disabled
>>>>> the safety code using the VMDDISABLEATILINUXWORKAROUND
>>>>> environment variable.  It would be nice if we could turn off
>>>>> this code for VMD 1.9.1 by default, but only if the current
>>>>> crop of ATI/AMD graphics drivers are stable enough.
>>>>
>>>> I have only run VMD a few times and I have not noticed any problems so
>>>> far.
>>>>
>>>> I have not made any modifications to my VMD configuration, and I am
>>>> not using a .vmdrc file. (I suppose this means the
>>>> VMDDISABLEATILINUXWORKAROUND bit still has the default value, as of
>>>> 2011-03-14.) If you want me to try disabling it, please email me back
>>>> how to do this.
>>>>
>>>> I am using:
>>>>
>>>> Version of VMD: 1.9 (2011-03-14), downloaded from top of page:
>>>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Development/Download/download.cgi?PackageName=VMD
>>>>
>>>> OS: Ubuntu 11.10 (fresh install)
>>>> Graphics card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
>>>> Driver: ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver
>>>>
>>>> (I am NOT using the "post-release updates". The newer updated driver
>>>> was so unstable I could not even run unity with it.)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>> -- more probably useless details --
>>>> I have appended a list of other system details from apport-collect:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
>>>> AplayDevices: aplay: device_list:240: no soundcards found...
>>>> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
>>>> Architecture: amd64
>>>> ArecordDevices: arecord: device_list:240: no soundcards found...
>>>> AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path',
>>>> '/dev/snd/controlC1', '/dev/snd/hwC1D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D3p',
>>>> '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c',
>>>> '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with
>>>> exit code 1:
>>>> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>>>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>>>> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>>>> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64
>>>> (20111012)
>>>> MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. G73Jh
>>>> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>>>> Package: linux (not installed)
>>>> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic
>>>> root=UUID=96d3ceac-0984-4d2e-8467-9bd7a6eeaa4b ro quiet splash
>>>> vt.handoff=7
>>>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
>>>> RelatedPackageVersions:
>>>> linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
>>>> linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
>>>> linux-firmware 1.60
>>>> RfKill:
>>>> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
>>>> Soft blocked: no
>>>> Hard blocked: no
>>>> StagingDrivers: mei
>>>> Tags: oneiric running-unity staging
>>>> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
>>>> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>>>> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
>>>> dmi.bios.date: 01/26/2010
>>>> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>>>> dmi.bios.version: G73Jh.205
>>>> dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
>>>> dmi.board.name: G73Jh
>>>> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>>>> dmi.board.version: 1.0
>>>> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>>>> dmi.chassis.type: 10
>>>> dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>>>> dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>>>> dmi.modalias:
>>>> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrG73Jh.205:bd01/26/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnG73Jh:p
>>>
>>> --
>>> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
>>> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>>> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
>>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
>>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Gianluca Interlandi, PhD gianluca_at_u.washington.edu
>> +1 (206) 685 4435
>> http://artemide.bioeng.washington.edu/
>>
>> Postdoc at the Department of Bioengineering
>> at the University of Washington, Seattle WA U.S.A.
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>
>
> --
> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>

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Gianluca Interlandi, PhD gianluca_at_u.washington.edu
                     +1 (206) 685 4435
                     http://artemide.bioeng.washington.edu/

Postdoc at the Department of Bioengineering
at the University of Washington, Seattle WA U.S.A.
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