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From: Justin Gullingsrud (justin_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 12 2001 - 20:57:12 CST

On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 07:39:34PM -0600, Bob Milius wrote:
> John,
>
> woohoo!!!
>
> new build works great!
>
> very fast now!
>
> THANK YOU!!
>
> btw, do you have any functions in vmd that would could be used
> for benchmarking the graphics? eg spintest?

For a quick and dirty test, start the scene rocking with the mouse
(click, quick drag, release), then, in the text console, type

        time {display update ui} 10

This will report the time per screen redraw, in microseconds, I think.

Justin

>
> -bob
>
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Bob Milius wrote:
>
> > still broken...
> >
> > $ vmd -dispdev text
> > BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dl-version.c: 210: _dl_check_map_versions: Assertion `needed != ((void *)0)' failed!
> >
> > I'll try the new build.
> >
> > -bob
> >
> > > Hi Robert,
> > > What do you get if you do "vmd -dispdev text"?
> > > Does that work? If so, then try editing the end of the /usr/local/bin/vmd
> > > startup script at the end to read like this:
> > >
> > > # if DISPLAY is set, spawn off a terminal, else just use
> > > # the current terminal
> > > #if($?DISPLAY) then
> > > # exec $VMD_WINTERM -T "vmd console" $VMD_WINGEOM $VMD_WINOPTS \
> > > # $VMDDIR/$execname $* &
> > > #else
> > > $VMDDIR/$execname $*
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > Then run it the normal way, and tell me what it does.
> > >
> > > I have a second VMD build for LINUX which may work better for you
> > > if this version doesn't work. (slight redhat machinations make a
> > > difference on which binaries work for which people...)
> > >
> > > Let me know how this works for you.
> > > If you (or anyone else) would like to try the alternate Linux binary
> > >
> > > I've built, it is here:
> > > ftp://ftp.ks.uiuc.edu/pub/mdscope/vmd/vmd-1.6.bin.LINUX-2.opengl.tar.gz
> > >
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 

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