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From: Guo Zhi (gzgzgz_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 06 2010 - 21:48:14 CST

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2010/1/6 John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>

>
> Hi,
> Hmm, I don't see anything on either of those drives that would
> obviously conflict with VMD. Can you send me a copy of the
> environment variables from the affected machine? I'm puzzled
> as to what might be creating problems here, and I'll need to gather
> more of the information about your library search paths in order
> to track it down.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 09:19:29PM -0700, Guo Zhi wrote:
> > The searching results are like below
> >
> > C:\>dir /s *tcl*.dll
> > The volume in drive C has no label.
> >
> > C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD8
> >
> > 2004-09-15 11:33 1,693,696 LTCLR13n.dll
> > 1 files 1,693,696 bytes
> >
> > C:\Program Files\OriginLab\Origin8
> >
> > 2007-10-15 13:23 1,699,840 LTCLR14N.dll
> > 1 files 1,699,840 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB952004\SP2QFE
> >
> > 2008-06-12 06:47 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 1 files 58,880 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB952004\SP3GDR
> >
> > 2008-06-12 07:20 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 1 files 58,880 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$\KB952004\SP3QFE
> >
> > 2008-06-12 07:09 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 1 files 58,880 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$
> >
> > 2004-08-16 09:38 187,904 certcli.dll
> > 2008-06-12 07:17 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 2001-09-05 13:00 54,272 stclient.dll
> > 3 files 301,056 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB952004$
> >
> > 2008-04-13 19:13 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 1 files 58,880 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB952004_0$
> >
> > 2004-08-16 09:38 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 1 files 58,880 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
> >
> > 2008-04-13 19:13 187,904 certcli.dll
> > 2008-04-13 19:13 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 2008-04-13 19:13 59,392 stclient.dll
> > 3 files 306,176 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\system32
> >
> > 2008-04-13 19:13 187,904 certcli.dll
> > 2001-09-05 13:00 33,280 eventcls.dll
> > 2007-10-15 13:23 1,703,936 LTCLR14n.dll
> > 2008-06-12 07:20 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 2008-04-13 19:13 59,392 stclient.dll
> > 5 files 2,043,392 bytes
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
> >
> > 2001-09-05 13:00 33,280 eventcls.dll
> > 2008-06-12 07:20 58,880 msdtclog.dll
> > 2 files 92,160 bytes
> >
> > Total number of files:
> > 20 files 6,430,720 bytes
> > 0 ,o:directories 87,558,369,280 bytes free
> >
> > C:\>
> >
> > Results from drive E
> >
> > E:\>dir /s *tcl*.dll
> > The volume in drive E has no label
> >
> >
> > E:\VMD
> >
> > 2009-01-30 11:26 809,984 tcl85.dll
> > 2009-01-30 11:26 13,824 tcldde13.dll
> > 2009-01-30 11:26 4,096 tclpip85.dll
> > 2009-01-30 11:26 13,312 tclreg12.dll
> > 4 files 841,216 bytes
> >
> > Total number of files:
> > 4 files 841,216 bytes
> > 0 directories 195,574,648,832 bytes free
> >
> > E:\>
> >
> > 2010/1/3 John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> >
> > Hi,
> > From the information you've given below, it seems to me you're
> > having problems due to a conflicting DLL. Can you check to see if
> > you have any Tcl/Tk DLLs on your system besides those included with
> > VMD? A number of people have recently encountered problems caused
> by
> > other software packages that incorrectly install their Tcl/Tk
> libraries
> > into the global search path, overriding the locally installed
> libraries
> > used by VMD. Check for these like this and let me know what you
> find:
> > cd c:\
> > dir /s *tcl*.dll
> > cd e:\
> > dir /s *tcl*.dll
> >
> > Let me know what you find.
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 10:41:03AM -0700, Guo Zhi wrote:
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > I also did this in my first post.
> > > But still the output was:
> > >
> > > E:\VMD>vmd -dispdev text
> > > Info) VMD for WIN32, version 1.8.7 (August 1, 2009)
> > > Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > > Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > Info) Please include this reference in published work using
> VMD:
> > > Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD -
> Visual
> > > Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1,
> 33-38.
> > > Info)
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Info) Multithreading available, 2 CPUs detected.
> > > Info) Free system memory: 1493MB (72%)
> > > Info) Detected 1 available CUDA accelerator:
> > > Info) [0] GeForce 9500 GT 4 SM_1.1 @ 1.40 GHz, 511MB
> RAM,
> > KTO, OIO
> > > Info) Creating CUDA device pool and initializing hardware...
> > >
> > > E:VMD>
> > >
> > > as if nothing ever happened...
> > >
> > > 2010/1/3 John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > From your description, it sounds to me like your problem is
> > > either related to the graphics startup or that the problem
> might
> > > be caused by a conflict with a DLL installed by another
> program
> > > interfering with the ones used by VMD. One way to narrow
> this
> > > down somewhat would be to run VMD in text mode and see if you
> > > still encounter the crash. Do this as follows:
> > >
> > > Start a command shell (use the "run" item in the start menu
> if
> > you're
> > > running XP, and specify "cmd" as the name of the program).
> > >
> > > Once you have a command shell, do this and see what happens:
> > >
> > > C:\>
> > > C:\>"Program Files\University of Illinois\VMD\vmd" -dispdev
> text
> > > Info) VMD for WIN32, version 1.8.7 (August 1, 2009)
> > > Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > > Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > Info) Please include this reference in published work using
> VMD:
> > > Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD -
> Visual
> > > Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1,
> > 33-38.
> > > Info)
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Info) Multithreading available, 1 CPU detected.
> > > Info) Free system memory: 529MB (51%)
> > > Info) No CUDA accelerator devices available.
> > > Info) No joysticks found. Joystick interface disabled.
> > > Found 68 plugins or data handlers in directory
> > > 'C:/Program Files/University of
> > > Illinois/VMD/plugins/WIN32/molfile'.
> > > vmd > quit
> > > Info) VMD for WIN32, version 1.8.7 (August 1, 2009)
> > > Info) Exiting normally.
> > > C:\>
> > > Cheers,
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 05:16:54PM -0700, Guo Zhi wrote:
> > > > Hi VMD users,
> > > >
> > > > I just downloaded vmd 1.8.7 and can not even start
> it on
> > my
> > > system.
> > > > It aborted at very early stage, so very little
> > information can
> > > be
> > > > achieved here.
> > > >
> > > > My system:
> > > > CPU: AMD Athlon XP5000+
> > > > RAM: 2GB
> > > > Running Windows XP SP3
> > > > Video card: nVidia
> Geforce
> > 9500 GT,
> > > 512MB
> > > > RAM + Driver version (2009-11-20, 6.14.11.9562)
> > > >
> > > > I tried vmd 1.8.7CUDA/1.8.7/1.8.6, none of them
> worked.
> > > >
> > > > All these three have the same symptom, the first cmd
> > window
> > > flashed and
> > > > faded away very quick. If typed in cmd window to start,
> > > > either it accepted the command without any
> response(no
> > output),
> > > or just
> > > > output the copyright information:
> > > >
> > > > Info) VMD for WIN32, version 1.8.7 (August 1, 2009)
> > > > Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > > > Info) Email questions and bug reports to
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > > Info) Please include this reference in published work
> using
> > VMD:
> > > > Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD
> -
> > Visual
> > > > Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996,
> 14.1,
> > 33-38.
> > > > Info)
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Info) Multithreading available, 2 CPUs detected.
> > > > Info) Free system memory: 1437MB (70%)
> > > > Info) Detected 1 available CUDA accelerator:
> > > > Info) [0] GeForce 9500 GT 4 SM_1.1 @ 1.40 GHz,
> 511MB
> > RAM,
> > > KTO, OIO
> > > > Info) Creating CUDA device pool and initializing
> hardware...
> > > >
> > > > and then exit, the graphics rendering windows was never
> > started.
> > > >
> > > > If typed in "vmd -debug", still the same symptom.
> > > >
> > > > No idea about how to solve this problem. If you need
> more
> > > information to
> > > > diagnose, please point it out, thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Guo
> > >
> > > --
> > > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> > > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/> Fax: 217-244-6078
> > >
> > > --
> > > Zhi Guo
> > > Graduate Student
> > > Center for Bio-Optical Nanotechnology
> > > Arizona State University
> > > PO Box 875201 Tempe, AZ 85287-5201
> > > Phone (480) 965-8162 (Bio Lab)
> > > (480)727-0124 (Laser Lab)
> >
> > --
> > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/> Fax: 217-244-6078
> >
> > --
> > Zhi Guo
> > Graduate Student
> > Center for Bio-Optical Nanotechnology
> > Arizona State University
> > PO Box 875201 Tempe, AZ 85287-5201
> > Phone (480) 965-8162 (Bio Lab)
> > (480)727-0124 (Laser Lab)
>
> --
> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ <http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/%7Ejohns/>
> Fax: 217-244-6078
> 

-- 
Zhi Guo
Graduate Student
Center for Bio-Optical Nanotechnology
Arizona State University
PO Box 875201 Tempe, AZ 85287-5201
Phone (480) 965-8162 (Bio Lab)
         (480)727-0124 (Laser Lab)