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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2012 - 10:51:39 CST

Hi,
  What kind of machine are you logging into?
If lines and dots don't display, it seems like this may be
some sort of vertex array remote display issue. It could be
a problem with either the local machine or the remote machine.
What OpenGL is on the remote machine?

You could also try setting the environment VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS to 1
and see if that has any effect.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 03:04:09PM +0100, Clarinet wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have the following problem:
>
> We have a fairly recent machine with GeForce GT220 card that runs
> Ubuntu. The newest graphics card drivers from nVidia are installed.
>
> When I login to a remote server (with 'ssh -X') and run VMD (version
> 1.9.1) there to display a molecule on the local computer, everything
> opens ok but the molecule is not visible if the drawing method is
> "lines" or "dots". To see the molecule I have to switch to e.g.
> "licorice", but the manipulation is much slower then, of course.
>
> If the same molecule is open in a local installation of VMD, everything
> seems ok - the molecule is visible even when "lines" representation is
> selected.
>
> Does anyone have an idea where to look for a reason?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jiri Polach 

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