From: Janakiraman Balachandran (janarcs_at_umich.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 21 2017 - 14:32:10 CDT

Sorry,

Just tested it but even 1.9.3 is not working and I get the following
segmentation error

Info) Multithreading available, 4 CPUs detected.
Info) OpenGL renderer: Apple Software Renderer
Info) Features: STENCIL MDE MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVF)
Info) Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
Info) Textures: 2-D (16384x16384), 3-D (16384x16384x16384), Multitexture
(8)
/Applications/VMD 1.9.3.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command: line 7: 12381
Segmentation fault: 11 "$p/../Resources/VMD.app/Contents/MacOS/VMD" $*
logout
Saving session...
..copying shared history...
..saving history...truncating history files...
..completed.

Best Regards
Ram Balachandran
<http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran>
<https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran>

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 3:20 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Were you able to run VMD 1.9.3 without trouble on that same machine?
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 03:17:35PM -0400, Janakiraman Balachandran wrote:
> > The graphics card in my machine is Intel HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB. I'm
> > trying to install and use it locally,
> > Best Regards
> > Ram Balachandran
> > [1][IMG]Â [2][IMG]
> > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 3:11 PM, John Stone <[3]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, that is very helpful. Next question: What kind of
> graphics
> > hardware
> > is in your Mac? Is it AMD or Intel hardware? I ask because I
> notice
> > that
> > you're getting a very strange "Apple Software Renderer" shown as the
> > OpenGL
> > Renderer when you're running VMD. Are you running VMD locally, or
> via
> > some
> > sort of remote desktop?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Â John Stone
> > Â [4]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 03:06:02PM -0400, Janakiraman Balachandran
> > wrote:
> > >Â Â Hi John,
> > >
> > >Â Â I removed the experimental plugin, but I still get an error
> > except that
> > >Â Â this time it describes 2 Dynamically loaded plugins in
> directory.
> > The full
> > >Â Â error message is below
> > >Â Â ```
> > >Â Â Info) Multithreading available, 4 CPUs detected.
> > >Â Â Info) OpenGL renderer: Apple Software Renderer
> > >Â Â Info)Ã* Ã*Â Features: STENCIL MDE MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVF)
> > >Â Â Info)Ã* Ã*Â Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
> > >Â Â Info)Ã* Ã*Â Textures: 2-D (16384x16384), 3-D
> > (16384x16384x16384),
> > >Â Â Multitexture (8)
> > >Â Â Info) Dynamically loaded 2 plugins in directory:
> > >Â Â Info) /Applications/VMD
> > 1.9.4.app/Contents/vmd/plugins/MACOSXX86/molfile
> > >Â Â VMD(11830,0xa2fe3000) malloc: *** error for object
> 0x78e769d4:
> > incorrect
> > >Â Â checksum for freed object - object was probably modified
> after
> > being
> > >Â Â freed.
> > >Â Â *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> > >Â Â /Applications/VMD 1.9.4.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command:
> line
> > 7: 11830
> > >Â Â Abort trap: 6Ã* Ã* Ã* Ã* Ã* Ã* Ã* Ã* Ã* Ã*
> > >Â Â "$p/../Resources/VMD.app/Contents/MacOS/VMD" $*
> > >Â Â logout
> > >Â Â Saving session...
> > >Â Â ...copying shared history...
> > >Â Â ...saving history...truncating history files...
> > >Â Â ...completed.
> > >Â Â ```
> > >Â Â Best Regards
> > >Â Â Ram Balachandran
> > >Â Â [1][IMG]Ã* [2][IMG]
> > >Â Â On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 2:58 PM, John Stone
> > <[3][5]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >Â Â Â Hi,
> > >Â Â Â Ã*Â Thanks for your note.Ã*Â I am wondering if this is
> > caused
> > >Â Â Â by an experimental plugin that we added to the VMD 1.9.4a7
> > test build.
> > >Â Â Â Try removing this experimental plugin and see if the
> problem
> > goes away
> > >Â Â Â Using a terminal shell, cd to the directory that contains
> your
> > VMD .app
> > >Â Â Â bundle,
> > >Â Â Â and then run this command:
> > >Â Â Â Ã*Â mv VMD\
> > >Â Â Â 1.9.4.app/Contents/vmd/plugins/MACOSXX86/molfile/
> orcaplugin.so
> > /tmp
> > >
> > >Â Â Â Once you've done that, try restarting VMD and let me know
> if
> > you still
> > >Â Â Â have
> > >Â Â Â the same problem or not.
> > >
> > >Â Â Â Best regards,
> > >Â Â Â Ã*Â John Stone
> > >Â Â Â Ã*Â [4][6]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > >Â Â Â On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 02:14:22PM -0400, Janakiraman
> > Balachandran
> > >Â Â Â wrote:
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Hi,
> > >Â Â Â >
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â I installed VMD 1.9.4 in Mac OSX (10.11.6). BUt
> > when I try to
> > >Â Â Â open, the
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â application fails to open with the following
> error
> > >Â Â Â >
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Info) Multithreading available, 4 CPUs
> detected.
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Info) OpenGL renderer: Apple Software Renderer
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Info)Ã** Ã**Ã*Â Features: STENCIL MDE MTX
> NPOT PP
> > PS GLSL(OVF)
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Info)Ã** Ã**Ã*Â Full GLSL rendering mode is
> > available.
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Info)Ã** Ã**Ã*Â Textures: 2-D (16384x16384),
> 3-D
> > >Â Â Â (16384x16384x16384),
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Multitexture (8)
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Info) Dynamically loaded 3 plugins in
> directory:
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Info) /Applications/VMD
> > >Â Â Â 1.9.4.app/Contents/vmd/plugins/MACOSXX86/molfile
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â VMD(10946,0xa2fe3000) malloc: *** error for
> object
> > 0x7d0263a4:
> > >Â Â Â incorrect
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â checksum for freed object - object was probably
> > modified after
> > >Â Â Â being
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â freed.
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to
> debug
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â /Applications/VMD
> > 1.9.4.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command: line
> > >Â Â Â 7: 10946
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Abort trap: 6Ã** Ã** Ã** Ã** Ã** Ã** Ã** Ã**
> Ã**
> > Ã**
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â "$p/../Resources/VMD.app/Contents/MacOS/VMD"
> $*
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â logout
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Saving session...
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â ...copying shared history...
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â ...saving history...truncating history files...
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â ...completed.
> > >Â Â Â >
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Best Regards
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Ram Balachandran
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â [1][IMG]Ã** [2][IMG]
> > >Â Â Â >
> > >Â Â Â > References
> > >Â Â Â >
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â Visible links
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â 1. [5][7]http://www.linkedin.com/
> in/rambalachandran
> > >Â Â Â >Ã*Â Ã*Â 2. [6][8]https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran
> > >Â Â Â --
> > >Â Â Â NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > >Â Â Â Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > >Â Â Â University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL
> 61801
> > >Â Â Â [7][9]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/Ã*Â Ã*Â Ã*Â Ã*Â
> Ã*Â
> > Ã* Phone: [8]217-244-3349
> > >Â Â Â [9][10]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > >
> > > References
> > >
> > >Â Â Visible links
> > >Â Â 1. [11]http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran
> > >Â Â 2. [12]https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran
> > >Â Â 3. mailto:[13]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >Â Â 4. mailto:[14]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >Â Â 5. [15]http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran
> > >Â Â 6. [16]https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran
> > >Â Â 7. [17]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> > >Â Â 8. file:///tmp/tel:[18]217-244-3349
> > >Â Â 9. [19]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > --
> > NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > [20]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/Â Â Â Â Â Â Phone:
> > [21]217-244-3349
> > [22]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> >
> > References
> >
> > Visible links
> > 1. http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran
> > 2. https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran
> > 3. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 4. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 5. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 6. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 7. http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran
> > 8. https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran
> > 9. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/%C3%82
> > 10. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > 11. http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran
> > 12. https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran
> > 13. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 14. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 15. http://www.linkedin.com/in/rambalachandran
> > 16. https://twitter.com/RamBalachandran
> > 17. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> > 18. file:///tmp/tel:217-244-3349
> > 19. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > 20. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> > 21. file:///tmp/tel:217-244-3349
> > 22. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
>
> --
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> 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/
>