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From: james tomomi macdonald (j.macdonald_at_mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Oct 14 2003 - 13:53:53 CDT

Hi Miguel,

I had the same problem but the opengl version works fine, so i would try
installing that instead and see if that works.

cheers,
James.

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Miguel wrote:

> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:24:56 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Miguel <mth_at_mth.com>
> To: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: vmd-l: vmd 1.8 Linux mesa on RedHat
>
> I have never used vmd ... downloaded it today.
>
> I am running RedHat 9 and I *not* have any 3D graphics hardware. So I
> downloaded vmd 1.8 Linux Mesa
>
> I *think* I have the right mesa packages installed:
>
> [mth_at_hucho mth]$ rpm -qa | grep -i mesa
> XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-2
> XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.3.0-2
>
> The ./configure and make seemed to go fine.
>
> When I launch vmd it opens a couple of windows, then immediately shuts
> down ... it happens too quickly to see the messages in the console window.
>
> I tried the -debug <n> command line switch, but it didn't help.
>
> Is there a log file someplace?
>
> Thanks,
> Miguel
>
>
>