From: Tru Huynh (tru_at_pasteur.fr)
Date: Mon Dec 10 2012 - 09:19:55 CST

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 04:14:43PM +0100, Tru Huynh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> vmd just crash after starting with:
> [tru_at_yippy ~]$ vmd

I have downgraded the nvidia driver to 295.71, not better:

[tru_at_yippy 295.71]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.71 Thu Aug 2 19:22:08 PDT 2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)

vmd 1.9.1 segfault:
[tru_at_yippy ~]$ vmd
Info) VMD for LINUXAMD64, version 1.9.1 (February 1, 2012)
Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
Info) Multithreading available, 16 CPUs detected.
Info) Free system memory: 128441MB (99%)
Info) Creating CUDA device pool and initializing hardware...
CUDA error: invalid device symbol, CUDAClearDevice.cu line 62
CUDA error: invalid device symbol, CUDAClearDevice.cu line 62
CUDA error: invalid device symbol, CUDAClearDevice.cu line 62
CUDA error: invalid device symbol, CUDAClearDevice.cu line 62
Info) Detected 4 available CUDA accelerators:
Info) [0] GeForce GTX 680 8 SM_3.0 @ 0.71 GHz, 4.0GB RAM, OIO, ZCP
Info) [1] GeForce GTX 680 8 SM_3.0 @ 0.71 GHz, 4.0GB RAM, OIO, ZCP
Info) [2] GeForce GTX 680 8 SM_3.0 @ 0.71 GHz, 4.0GB RAM, OIO, ZCP
Info) [3] GeForce GTX 680 8 SM_3.0 @ 0.71 GHz, 4.0GB RAM, OIO, ZCP
Warning) Detected X11 'Composite' extension: if incorrect display occurs
Warning) try disabling this optional X server feature.
Info) OpenGL renderer: GeForce 210/PCI/SSE2
Info) Features: STENCIL MSAA(4) MDE MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVFG)
Info) Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
Info) Textures: 2-D (8192x8192), 3-D (2048x2048x2048), Multitexture (4)
Segmentation fault

vmd-1.8.7 works:
[tru_at_yippy ~]$ vmd
Info) VMD for LINUXAMD64, version 1.8.7 (August 1, 2009)
Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
Info) Multithreading available, 16 CPUs detected.
Info) Free system memory: 128443MB (99%)
Info) Detected 4 available CUDA accelerators:
Info) [0] GeForce GTX 680 8 SM_3.0 @ 0.71 GHz, 4095MB RAM, OIO, ZCP
Info) [1] GeForce GTX 680 8 SM_3.0 @ 0.71 GHz, 4095MB RAM, OIO, ZCP
Info) [2] GeForce GTX 680 8 SM_3.0 @ 0.71 GHz, 4095MB RAM, OIO, ZCP
Info) [3] GeForce GTX 680 8 SM_3.0 @ 0.71 GHz, 4095MB RAM, OIO, ZCP
Info) Creating CUDA device pool and initializing hardware...
Warning) Detected X11 'Composite' extension: if incorrect display occurs
Warning) try disabling this optional X server feature.
Info) OpenGL renderer: GeForce 210/PCI/SSE2
Info) Features: STENCIL MSAA(4) MDE MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVF)
Info) Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
Info) Textures: 2-D (8192x8192), 3-D (2048x2048x2048), Multitexture (4)
vmd > Info) VMD for LINUXAMD64, version 1.8.7 (August 1, 2009)

Tru

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