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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 19 2014 - 23:45:14 CDT

Hi,
  Try running the new VMD 1.9.2 beta 1 version, that should cure the warnings
you get about CUDA on your GeForce 750 Ti.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:00:37AM +0530, Anoop Krishnan wrote:
> The startup messages in the terminal are as follows:
>
> Info) VMD for LINUX, version 1.9.1 (February 1, 2012)
> Info)
> [1]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
> Info) Email questions and bug reports to
> [2]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.eduA A A A A A A A A A
> Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:A A
> Info)A A A Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - VisualA A
> Info)A A A Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
> Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
> Info) Multithreading available, 2 CPUs detected.
> Info) Free system memory: 2712MB (67%)
> Info) Creating CUDA device pool and initializing hardware...
> CUDA error: invalid device symbol, CUDAClearDevice.cu line 62
> Info) Detected 1 available CUDA accelerator:
> Info) [0] GeForce GTX 750 TiA 5 SM_5.0 @ 1.11 GHz, 2.0GB RAM, KTO, OIO,
> ZCP
> Warning) Detected X11 'Composite' extension: if incorrect display occurs
> Warning) try disabling this optional X server feature.
> Info) OpenGL renderer: GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
> Info)A A Features: STENCIL MSAA(16) MDE CVA MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVFGS)
> Info)A A Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
> Info)A A Textures: 2-D (16384x16384), 3-D (2048x2048x2048), Multitexture
> (4)
> Info) Dynamically loaded 2 plugins in directory:
> Info) /usr/local/lib/vmd/plugins/LINUX/molfile
>
> I ignored the CUDA error because, I was using VMD only for visualization
> and post processing or creating the input coordinates. Since, I'm not
> using VMD for any computation, I thought it is fine to ignore it. I
> reinstalled the driver, now. However, the error is still persisting. Can
> you please guide me through the steps to install the graphics card and VMD
> if it is any different from what is mentioned in:
> [3]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/21891.html
>
> Regards
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:34 AM, John Stone <[4]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Can you cut/paste the VMD startup messages that are printed in the
> text console and send them in email?A That may be informative.
>
> I have run VMD on a GeForce GTX 750 on Linux without trouble, but
> I used a different minor rev of the video driver than the one you're
> using.
>
> Cheers,
> A John
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:21:35AM +0530, Anoop Krishnan wrote:
> >A A Thanks for the clarification. Let me try to trouble shoot it
> then.
> >A A I'm running the latest NVIDIA driver which I installed with -
> >A A NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.24.run
> >A A I followed the instructions ion the VMD mailing list exactly.
> Still I was
> >A A finding the same trouble.
> >
> >A A Regards
> >
> >A A On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:56 AM, John Stone
> <[1][5]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> >A A A Hi,
> >A A A AA If the whole windowing system crashes, that would be an
> indication of
> >A A A problems with your video driver, not VMD.AA Are you running
> the
> >A A A latest NVIDIA driver, or are you using one fo the open source
> >A A A video drivers such as nouveau?
> >
> >A A A Cheers,
> >A A A AA John Stone
> >A A A AA [2][6]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >A A A On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 05:19:57PM +0530, Anoop Krishnan
> wrote:
> >A A A >AA AA I have been using VMD for past four years in my
> Pentium Dual-Core
> >A A A CPU
> >A A A >AA AA (E5300_at_2.6 GHz * 2) with 4 GB RAM and Ubuntu 12.04 -
> 32 bit.
> >A A A Recently, I
> >A A A >AA AA added a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti to
> the system.
> >A A A Once, I
> >A A A >AA AA have installed the graphics card VMD is working
> smoothly.
> >A A A However, I'm
> >A A A >AA AA unable to access the Extensions tab in VMD. Once I
> click on any
> >A A A of the
> >A A A >AA AA options in Extension such as Movie maker or Nanotube
> builder,
> >A A A system
> >A A A >AA AA instantly crashes and goes to the login screen.
> >A A A >
> >A A A >AA AA I have been unable to figure out the problem as the
> graphics card
> >A A A and VMD
> >A A A >AA AA are otherwise working smooth. It would be great if
> someone can
> >A A A suggest any
> >A A A >AA AA solution to this issue.
> >A A A >
> >A A A >AA AA Thank you
> >A A A >AA AA Regards
> >A A A >AA AA --
> >A A A >AA AA Anoop Krishnan N M
> >A A A --
> >A A A NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> >A A A Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> >A A A University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> >A A A [3][7]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/AA AA AA AA AA A
> Phone: [4]217-244-3349
> >A A A [5][8]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> >
> >A A --
> >A A Anoop Krishnan N M
> >A A Research Student
> >A A Department of Civil Engineering
> >A A IISc Bangalore
> >A A INDIA
> >A A Ph: [9]09945191019
> >
> > References
> >
> >A A Visible links
> >A A 1. mailto:[10]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >A A 2. mailto:[11]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >A A 3. [12]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> >A A 4. tel:[13]217-244-3349
> >A A 5. [14]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> --
> NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> [15]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/A A A A A A Phone:
> [16]217-244-3349
> [17]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
>
> --
> Anoop Krishnan N M
> Research Student
> Department of Civil Engineering
> IISc Bangalore
> INDIA
> Ph: 09945191019
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> 2. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 3. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/21891.html
> 4. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 5. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 6. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 7. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/A
> 8. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> 9. tel:09945191019
> 10. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 11. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 12. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> 13. tel:217-244-3349
> 14. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> 15. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> 16. tel:217-244-3349
> 17. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ 

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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/           Phone: 217-244-3349
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/