VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 07 2009 - 16:31:54 CDT

Hi,
  If you install Snow Leopard on your machine using an upgrade, I would
expect the existing VMD install to continue working fine. If not, you could
just delete VMD and re-download it, but I would be surprised if that would
be necessary.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 07:01:48PM +1000, David Poger wrote:
> Hi all,
> Is it necessary to re-install VMD or if I just do an upgrade of the OS (as
> opposed to a clean install) it is enough? Thanks
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu on behalf of Christoph Weber
> Sent: Wed 02/09/2009 4:30 AM
> To: Joshua D. Moore
> Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: VMD on MacOSX 10.6 Snow Leopard: fast
>
> I don't normally start vmd from the command line, but yes, the hangs are
> reproducible under Snow Leopard as one might expect.
> John's suggestion to call the startup.command instead of the vmd
> executable
> resolves the issue.
>
> I am still impressed by the graphics speed, and also by the startup time
> of
> applications.
>
> Christoph
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Joshua D. Moore
> <jdmoore_at_unity.ncsu.edu>wrote:
>
> > Thank Christoph!
> > I can't wait for my upgrade! Are there any issues with hanging which
> was
> > discussed last week due to Tcl/Tk or FLTK?
> >
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/14257.html
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Christoph Weber
> <cwebersd_at_gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> in case people have been wondering: VMD seems to run well on MacOSX
> 10.6
> >> Snow Leopard. I ran both, VMD 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 without a hitch. Both are
> >> noticeably faster on my March 2009 Macbook Pro with the lesser nVidia
> 9400
> >> graphics, reaching almost the speed of the nVidia 9600 graphics card
> (which
> >> I normally keep turned off - although with CUDA support in VMD 1.8.7
> and
> >> emerging OpenCL-stuff this may change...) under the previous OS. Good
> GLSL
> >> speed, too.
> >> Note: I tested only a few protein displays styles, the Surf plugin, the
> >> MoviewMaker plugin, autpsfgen plugin, normal OpenGL rendering, GLSL,
> and
> >> cachemode.
> >>
> >> Christoph
> >>
> >
> > 

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