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From: Guo Zhi (gzgzgz_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 12 2010 - 00:02:08 CST

Any update?

2010/1/6 Guo Zhi <gzgzgz_at_gmail.com>

> C:\Documents and Settings\shark>set
> ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
> APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\shark\Application Data
> CLIENTNAME=Console
> CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
> COMPUTERNAME=SHARK-2374E7671
> ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
> FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
> HOMEDRIVE=C:
> HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\shark
> LOGONSERVER=\\SHARK-2374E7671
> NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
> OS=Windows_NT
> Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem;c:\program
> files\co
> mmon files\thunder network\kankan\codecs;C:\Program
> Files\MATLAB71\bin\win32;
> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
> PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
> PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD
> PROCESSOR_LEVEL=16
> PROCESSOR_REVISION=0402
> ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
> PROMPT=$P$G
> SESSIONNAME=Console
> SystemDrive=C:
> SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
> TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\shark\LOCALS~1\Temp
> TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\shark\LOCALS~1\Temp
> USERDOMAIN=SHARK-2374E7671
> USERNAME=shark
> USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\shark
> windir=C:\WINDOWS
> __COMPAT_LAYER=EnableNXShowUI
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\shark>
>
> 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)
> 

-- 
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)