From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 07 2006 - 08:37:37 CST

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, bertrand russell wrote:

BR> Hi all,

hi bertrand,

BR> I am VMD-1.8.5AMD64 in my kubuntu. I t was working fine. But, now it
BR> is showing that it cannot create OpenGL window with the message "unable to
BR> create OpenGL". could someone help me to fix this problem. Any help would be
BR> appreciated.

this is most likely not a VMD problem. you must have made
some changes to the X11 configuration or something related.

please run glxinfo and xdpyinfo and examine the output
to make sure you have GLX support and have a look at the
/var/log/Xorg.0.log file for any error messages.

cheers,
    axel.
BR>
BR>

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