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From: Bogdan Tarus (bogdan.tarus_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 17 2010 - 12:16:06 CDT

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.
Following your suggestion, my problem is solved.

Best,

Bogdan

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:41 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> 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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