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From: Kim Branson (bra369_at_pp.molsci.csiro.au)
Date: Thu Nov 23 2000 - 21:45:20 CST

Hi,

thanks for the quick reply, i've just tried that binary with the following
results.

[kbranson_at_kropotkin LINUX]$ ./vmd_LINUX

Info) vmd for LINUX, version 1.6b1 (November 22, 2000)
Info) VMD WWW Page: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
Info) Please email all comments and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Info) The authors request that any published work which utilizes
Info) VMD please include the following reference:
Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
./vmd_LINUX: error while loading shared libraries: ./vmd_LINUX: undefined
symbol
: gluNewQuadric

hmmmm is all i can say, i think the problem may be with nvidia's drivers.

The machine is a athlon 900, running rh7.0 xfree 4.0 with a nvidia geforce
II GTS, 32 meg card 9x AGP. the glibc has been patched to

------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Red Hat, Inc. Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis: Update to official glibc 2.2
Advisory ID: RHBA-2000:079-07
Issue date: 2000-10-09
Updated on: 2000-11-21
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: glibc JDK xmms gethostbyname fscanf gethostid rexec
Cross references: N/A
---------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Topic:

This errata updates the GNU C library to the latest official release (2.2)
while fixing several bugs found in glibc 2.1.92-14 and glibc 2.1.94-3.

Not sure if this will help you out any, do you think it might be worth
compiling from source?

cheers

kim

______________________________________________________________________

Mr Kim Branson
Phd Student
Diffraction and Theory
Biomolecular Research Institute
343 Royal Parade, Melbourne Victoria
Ph 61 03 9662 7300
Email kim.branson_at_bioresi.com.au

______________________________________________________________________

On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, John Stone wrote:

> Hi,
> I just (yesterday) made another build of VMD 1.6a4 for Linux
> with DRI, compiled on a different machine from the one that's
> on the download page, because another VMD user had the dynamic
> linker bug problem, and we found a machine here that did the same
> thing. I don't know if it will cure your problem, but you might
> try running this alternate version. This alternate version
> calls itself "1.6b1" because I built it after the version crank,
> but its really just another 1.6a4 build but on a different machine.
> The alternate binary is available here:
> ftp://ftp.ks.uiuc.edu/pub/mdscope/vmd/vmd-1.6a4-1.bin.LINUX.opengl.tar.gz
>
> Could you give this version a try and let us know if it works??
> We just discovered this machine in our own lab that has the
> "BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER" thing, and we're working with our sysadmins
> to try and determine what the difference is between it, and the
> rest of the linux boxes, since its the only one that does this here,
> so that we can find a way to build VMD on linux that will produce
> binaries that'll work much more universally.
>
> If you can tell us more about your computer, that will also
> help us.
>
> Give the alternate binary a spin, it has already worked for one
> person that was having the "BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER" it might
> work for you too.
>
> Thanks for your patience,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 12:35:00PM +1100, Kim Branson wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > just wondering if anyone else has had this problem.
> > I've got the new 1.6a4 vmd binary, however it simply core dumps with no
> > other errors when i try to run it. I've got an nvidia geforce II gts,
> > previously i had the whole dynamic linker bug. Has anyone got vmd to work
> > with this hardware yet...my dream is to run it in crystal eyes stereo and
> > use some cheap 3d glasses made for the gaming market....
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > kim
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Mr Kim Branson
> > Phd Student
> > Diffraction and Theory
> > Biomolecular Research Institute
> > 343 Royal Parade, Melbourne Victoria
> > Ph 61 03 9662 7300
> > Email kim.branson_at_bioresi.com.au
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >
>
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