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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 23 2003 - 09:47:29 CDT

Jorge,
  No problem. This is a common problem with Windows and Linux OpenGL
drivers, I'm glad that updating cured the problems for you.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 01:34:36PM +0100, Jorge Pikunic wrote:
> John,
>
> Thank you very much for your help. I have an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500. I
> installed the last version of the driver and now it works fine. Sorry, I
> should have tried that before. I just assumed that the drivers were ok since
> it worked with v1.8.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Jorge
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Stone" <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> To: "Jorge Pikunic" <jorge.pikunic_at_bioch.ox.ac.uk>
> Cc: <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: VMD and XP
>
>
> >
> > Jorge,
> > I suspect that your problem is something related to your
> > OpenGL video drivers. The new version of VMD uses various new
> > OpenGL features that the older versions didn't use, on Windows in
> > particular. What video driver do you have installed presently?
> > (i.e. what card, what version of the drivers, is it an up-to-date
> > driver version?)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 08:40:23PM +0100, Jorge Pikunic wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am having problems with VMD 1.8.1, which I have installed in a PC with
> Windows XP. When I try to load a new molecule, I get the message "winvmd has
> encountered a problem and needs to close", and it crashes. I do not have
> this problem with VMD 1.8. Does anyone know what the cause may be and how to
> solve it?
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > Jorge
> >
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> > 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
> >
> > 

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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