VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 14 2020 - 08:58:48 CDT

If you leave VMD rotating the logo at startup, it will be drawing
continuously which drive up your CPU/GPU load. As soon as you load
a molecular structure, it should drop to near-zero (as long as you're
not actively rotating it).

Best regards,
  John Stone

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 02:05:42PM +0330, omid gh wrote:
> excellent. thanks
> but I have a question when I use vmd in windows (any version) , the cpu
> fan works extremely and shows the VMD is using alot of computer
> resources .
> cold you please resolve this problem?Â
> thanks .
> omid
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 11:06 PM John Stone <[1]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Â After a bit of a struggle with Microsoft compiler version
> incompatibilities,
> I've managed to successfully compile the latest VMD using Visual Studio
> 2019.
>
> My first VS2019 test builds are still 32-bit, and I've posted a win32
> build
> of VMD 1.9.4a47 last night so that people can try it out.
>
> The first builds are still 32-bit due to the very library dependency
> issues
> that Axel has already pointed out. However, I believe I've charted a
> path
> to navigates through the compiler version incompatibility minefield with
> at least the key VMD dependencies that can't be avoided for a functional
> VMD compilation.Â
>
> Here are the next few steps I have planned for Windows VMD 1.9.4 test
> builds,
> depending on how trouble free the next several steps go with x64
> support:
>
> 1) Solidify the contents and structure of the VS2019 project files for
> win32
> Â Â and add them alongside the past visual studio project files.
>
> 2) The next step will be to enable compilation of the collective
> variables
> Â Â features in the existing 32-bit VS2019 build
>
> 3) Investigate use of TECLA / linenoise command line editing/history
> Â Â libraries with the windows console APIs.
>
> 4) Add x64 build targets, and compilation against Tcl/Tk 8.6.10
> Â Â (required for VS2017 or VS2019 compatibility, prior versions fail
> to
> Â Â build with the recent revs of Visual Studio, and the documentation
> Â Â shows that even with VS2017 and 2019, special steps have to be
> taken
> Â Â to match up with specific Windows SDK component versions supported
> by
> Â Â these compilers).
>
> 5) Add CUDA support to the x64 targets (NVIDIA has deprecated 32-bit
> CUDA).
>
> 6) Enable the OptiX and OSPRay RT engines for Windows x64 builds.
>
> Best,
> Â John Stone
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 10:07:27AM -0400, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:
> >Â Â windows versions of VMD are (still) 32-bit only. there is still
> porting
> >Â Â effort required and it has been plagued with 64-bit+windows
> related bugs
> >Â Â in the libraries it requires.
> >Â Â seeÄ*
> [1][2]https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/31860.html
> >Â Â On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 8:56 AM Raman Preet Singh
> >Â Â <[2][3]ramanpreetsingh_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >Â Â Â
> [3][4]https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ig/node6.html
> >
> >Â Â Â Get [4]Outlook for Android
> >
> >Â Â
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Â Â Â From: [5][5]owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> <[6][6]owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu> on behalf
> >Â Â Â of omid gh <[7][7]molecular.simulator_at_gmail.com>
> >Â Â Â Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 5:13:36 PM
> >Â Â Â To: VMD Mailing LIst <[8][8]vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> >Â Â Â Subject: vmd-l: compile vmd for windows 10
> >Â Â Â Ä*
> >Â Â Â hi
> >Â Â Â how can compile vmd 1.9.4 for windows 10 64bit.
> >Â Â Â thanks
> >
> >Â Â --
> >Â Â Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer Ä* [9][9]akohlmey_at_gmail.com Ä*
> [10][10]http://goo.gl/1wk0
> >Â Â College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia
> PA, USA
> >Â Â International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.
> >
> > References
> >
> >Â Â Visible links
> >Â Â 1.
> [11]https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/31860.html
> >Â Â 2. mailto:[12]ramanpreetsingh_at_hotmail.com
> >Â Â 3. [13]https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ig/node6.html
> >Â Â 4. [14]https://aka.ms/ghei36
> >Â Â 5. mailto:[15]owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >Â Â 6. mailto:[16]owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >Â Â 7. mailto:[17]molecular.simulator_at_gmail.com
> >Â Â 8. mailto:[18]vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >Â Â 9. mailto:[19]akohlmey_at_gmail.com
> >Â Â 10. [20]http://goo.gl/1wk0
>
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> NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> [21]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/Â Â Â Â Â Â Phone: 217-244-3349
> [22]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/Â Â Â
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 2. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/31860.html
> 3. mailto:ramanpreetsingh_at_hotmail.com
> 4. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ig/node6.html
> 5. mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 6. mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 7. mailto:molecular.simulator_at_gmail.com
> 8. mailto:vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 9. mailto:akohlmey_at_gmail.com
> 10. http://goo.gl/1wk0
> 11. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/31860.html
> 12. mailto:ramanpreetsingh_at_hotmail.com
> 13. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ig/node6.html
> 14. https://aka.ms/ghei36
> 15. mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 16. mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 17. mailto:molecular.simulator_at_gmail.com
> 18. mailto:vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 19. mailto:akohlmey_at_gmail.com
> 20. http://goo.gl/1wk0
> 21. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> 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
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