From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 20 2014 - 00:04:24 CDT

Can you cut/paste the VMD startup messages that are printed in the
text console and send them in email? That may be informative.

I have run VMD on a GeForce GTX 750 on Linux without trouble, but
I used a different minor rev of the video driver than the one you're using.

Cheers,
  John

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:21:35AM +0530, Anoop Krishnan wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification. Let me try to trouble shoot it then.
> I'm running the latest NVIDIA driver which I installed with -
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.24.run
> I followed the instructions ion the VMD mailing list exactly. Still I was
> finding the same trouble.
>
> Regards
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:56 AM, John Stone <[1]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> A If the whole windowing system crashes, that would be an indication of
> problems with your video driver, not VMD.A Are you running the
> latest NVIDIA driver, or are you using one fo the open source
> video drivers such as nouveau?
>
> Cheers,
> A John Stone
> A [2]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 05:19:57PM +0530, Anoop Krishnan wrote:
> >A A I have been using VMD for past four years in my Pentium Dual-Core
> CPU
> >A A (E5300_at_2.6 GHz * 2) with 4 GB RAM and Ubuntu 12.04 - 32 bit.
> Recently, I
> >A A added a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti to the system.
> Once, I
> >A A have installed the graphics card VMD is working smoothly.
> However, I'm
> >A A unable to access the Extensions tab in VMD. Once I click on any
> of the
> >A A options in Extension such as Movie maker or Nanotube builder,
> system
> >A A instantly crashes and goes to the login screen.
> >
> >A A I have been unable to figure out the problem as the graphics card
> and VMD
> >A A are otherwise working smooth. It would be great if someone can
> suggest any
> >A A solution to this issue.
> >
> >A A Thank you
> >A A Regards
> >A A --
> >A A Anoop Krishnan N M
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> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> [3]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/A A A A A A Phone: [4]217-244-3349
> [5]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
>
> --
> Anoop Krishnan N M
> Research Student
> Department of Civil Engineering
> IISc Bangalore
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>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 2. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 3. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> 4. tel:217-244-3349
> 5. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/

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