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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 23 2005 - 13:44:07 CDT

Hi,
  This sounds like a familiar bug in one of the ATI video drivers out there.
You didn't specify which ATI video driver you're using, is this the X.org
driver or the ATI driver? I suspect that if you run VMD from within a
debugger, you'll find that the crash occurs inside the video driver.
Try this:
  tcsh
  source /usr/local/bin/vmd
  (quit out immediately)
  gdb /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUX
  run
    (load the PDB file(s) that usually crash you)
    (then when it crashes..)
  where

Tell me what output you get from gdb, there's a good bet that this is
just the same ATI driver bug that a few other people have hit on the mobility
laptop graphics chips.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 01:30:56PM -0500, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
> I am running Mandriva linux 10.2 (2005LE) on a Pentium-M laptop with ATI
> Radeon 9000 mobility chip. I am using kernel is 2.6.11, glibc 2.3.4,
> xorg-x11-6.8.2, tk/tcl-8.4.5.
>
> I cannot load pdb files. Any time I select the "Load" button after selecting
> a pdb, vmd-1.8.3 crashes immediately without producing any error message. I
> don't get anything useful if I do "strace vmd" and try to load a pdb either.
> I have tried small pdbs and large ones. None will load though they work fine
> in swiss pdb viewer and pymol.
>
> Not sure if it matters but I downloaded and installed the latest vmd plugins
> update and installed it but this didn't change anything.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> praedor
> --
> "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
> construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
> --9th Amendment to the Constitution 

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