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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 17 2010 - 10:41:34 CDT

Hi,
  This sounds like a driver problem. Can you try getting a more recent
driver package? I would suggest getting the latest drivers from the
NVIDIA web site and see if that cures the problem.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 05:33:35PM +0200, Bogdan Tarus wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I reinstalled and updated my OS (Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v.
> 5 for 64-bit x86_64) ) on my workstation (Dell Precision T5400) and,
> also, I reinstalled the vmd (Version 1.8.7, LINUX_64 OpenGL, CUDA
> (Linux (64-bit x86) with CUDA)). When I start the vmd, the display
> turns black for approx 2 secs and I am logout as user. The same result
> is with the corresponding version 1.8.6. I guess it is something
> related to video card. I have a nVidia G84 [Quadro FX 1700] with the
> driver dell-nvidia-14.11-dkms.x86_64.
> Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>
> Thank you, 

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