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From: Lee Amy (openlinuxsource_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 28 2009 - 05:19:46 CST

2009/2/27 Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu>:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, Lee Amy wrote:
>
> AL> Dear All,
> AL>
> AL> I'm a newbie at VMD and I encounter a series of problems during the
> AL> installation. Actually I feel a little confused about the process.
>
> AL> Mu OS is Cent OS 4.7, the GPU is GeForce 2 MX 400, and I download the
>
> a geforce 2 MX 400 is a _very_ old GPU.
> have a look at the bargain bin of your
> local electronic/computer hardware store.
> they'll probably have a much better GPU
> (for linux nvidia is still the best choice)
> at a very low price.
>
> AL> package named "vmd-1.8.6.bin.LINUX.opengl.tar.gz", I suppose that it
> AL> is the binary package I could use directly without building.
> AL>
> AL> The first question, what 3D Library should I use? OpenGL or Mesa? I
> AL> don't know which one I could use at my OS. And I have installed NVIDIA
> AL> official driver for my GPU. Or is it based on hardware?
>
> you want the matching nvidia driver installed.
> how to set this up properly, is not really a VMD
> question, and it is difficult to explain everything
> over e-mail, so i would recommend you find a local
> person that knows about this and helps you to set
> it up. the vmd binary will work with both, but the
> graphics will be much faster with the nvidia driver.
>
> AL>
> AL> The second question, I use the default configure options at the
> AL> package, the default option is
> AL> LINUX OPENGL FLTK TK ACTC IMD SPACEBALL LIBTACHYON VRPN NETCDF TCL
> AL> PYTHON PTHREADS NUMPY SILENT
> AL> When I run after the configure script, I go to "src" folder and run
> AL> make command, I encounter such error messages.
> AL> make: *** No rule to make target `OpenGLDisplayDevice.o', needed by
> AL> `vmd_LINUX'.  Stop.
>
> please have a closer look at the installation instructions.
> you have to type: make install
> cheers,
>   axel.
>
> AL>
> AL> So could anyone tell me how to fix that step by step?
>
>
>
> AL> Thank you very much.
> AL>
> AL> Regards,
> AL>
> AL> Amy
> AL>
>
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>

Thanks. I have solved that problem and VMD now runs well. Anyway,
could you tell me how to get a snapshot of the molecular
visualization?

Regards,

Amy Lee