From: anu chandra (anu80125_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2015 - 14:14:59 CST

Dear John Stone,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I used Opti-X enabled VMD. Unfortunately, trying with other versions
also end-up with showing the same waring message as before. I will try to
install the latest driver as you suggested and get back to you.

Many Thanks
Anu

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 8:28 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> Thanks, this is helpful. Are you using the OptiX-enabled VMD build?
> If so, the driver version you are using is 331.113, which is somewhat
> is old relative to the versions I had been testing with, which were
> 343.xx. Can you try updating to 334.xx or later and see if the problem
> persists?
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 08:25:16PM +0530, anu chandra wrote:
> > Thanks for your quick reply.
> >
> > nvidia-smi shows below message..
> >
> > Fri Feb 27 20:20:32 2015
> > +------------------------------------------------------+
> >
> > | NVIDIA-SMI 331.113 Driver Version: 331.113
> > |
> >
> |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> > | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr.
> > ECC |
> > | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util
> Compute
> > M. |
> >
> |===============================+======================+======================|
> > | 0 GeForce 710M Off | 0000:01:00.0 N/A |
> > N/A |
> > | N/A 44C N/A N/A / N/A | 102MiB / 2047MiB | N/A
> > Default |
> >
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> >
> >
> >
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > | Compute processes: GPU
> > Memory |
> > | GPU PID Process name
> > Usage |
> >
> |=============================================================================|
> > | 0 Not
> > Supported |
> >
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> >
> >
> > Even I have even tried 'nvidia-xconfig' and rebooted. Still VMD shows the
> > same warning messages.
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Aneesh
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 7:46 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > What do you see if you run this command in a terminal window:
> > > nvidia-smi
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 07:28:43PM +0530, anu chandra wrote:
> > > > Thanks for the reply.
> > > >
> > > > I have rebooted the system many time now.
> > > >
> > > > cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version shows this message..
> > > >
> > > > NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module?? 331.113?? Mon
> Dec?? 1
> > > > 21:08:13 PST 2014
> > > > GCC version:?? gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
> > > >
> > > > Many Thanks
> > > > Anu
> > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Norman Geist
> > > > <[1]norman.geist_at_uni-greifswald.de> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Did you reboot since updating the driver?
> > > >
> > > > ??
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise try nvidia-xconfig and reboot.
> > > >
> > > > ??
> > > >
> > > > Norman Geist.
> > > >
> > > > ??
> > > >
> > > > From: [2]owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:[3]
> owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu]
> > > On
> > > > Behalf Of anu chandra
> > > > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 11:31 AM
> > > > To: [4]vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > > Subject: vmd-l: Nvidia GPU driver not detected with VMD
> > > >
> > > > ??
> > > >
> > > > Dear VMD users,
> > > >
> > > > I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in my laptop and NVIDIA GeForce 710M
> > > graphics
> > > > card. I have installed VMD recently and when I start vmd, the
> > > console
> > > > shows-up following error.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> ***************************************************************************
> > > > Info) VMD for LINUXAMD64, version 1.9.2 (December 29, 2014)
> > > > Info)
> > > > [5]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
> ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
> > > ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
> > > > Info) Email questions and bug reports to
> > > > [6]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
> > > > Info) Please include this reference in published work using
> VMD:?? ??
> > > > Info)?? ?? ?? Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD -
> > > Visual?? ??
> > > > Info)?? ?? ?? Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996,
> 14.1,
> > > 33-38.
> > > > Info)
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Info) Multithreading available, 4 CPUs detected.
> > > > Info) Free system memory: 3354MB (87%)
> > > > Warning) Detected a mismatch between CUDA runtime and GPU driver
> > > > Warning) Check to make sure that GPU drivers are up to date.
> > > > Info) No CUDA accelerator devices available.
> > > > Warning) Detected X11 'Composite' extension: if incorrect
> display
> > > occurs
> > > > Warning) try disabling this X server option.?? Most OpenGL
> drivers
> > > > Warning) disable stereoscopic display when 'Composite' is
> enabled.
> > > > Info) OpenGL renderer: GeForce 710M/PCIe/SSE2
> > > > Info)?? ?? Features: STENCIL MSAA(4) MDE CVA MTX NPOT PP PS
> > > GLSL(OVFGS)
> > > > Info)?? ?? Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
> > > > Info)?? ?? Textures: 2-D (16384x16384), 3-D (2048x2048x2048),
> > > > Multitexture (4)
> > > > Info) Dynamically loaded 2 plugins in directory:
> > > > Info) /usr/local/lib/vmd/plugins/LINUXAMD64/molfile
> > > > vmd > Info) VMD for LINUXAMD64, version 1.9.2 (December 29,
> 2014)
> > > > Info) Exiting normally.
> > > >
> > >
> ************************************************************************************
> > > >
> > > > I have installed the Nvidia driver and Ubuntu detect the card
> > > properly.
> > > > The Systems details shows the same.
> > > >
> > > > When I did cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version, it?? shows as
> below..
> > > >
> > > > NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module?? 331.113?? Mon
> > > Dec?? 1
> > > > 21:08:13 PST 2014
> > > > GCC version:?? gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
> > > >
> > > > When I diid glxinfo | grep OpenGL, it shows
> > > >
> > > > OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> > > > OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 710M/PCIe/SSE2
> > > > OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 331.113
> > > > OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30 NVIDIA
> > > via Cg
> > > > compiler
> > > > OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
> > > > OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
> > > > OpenGL core profile extensions:
> > > > OpenGL version string: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.113
> > > > OpenGL shading language version string: 4.40 NVIDIA via Cg
> compiler
> > > > OpenGL context flags: (none)
> > > > OpenGL profile mask: (none)
> > > > OpenGL extensions:
> > > >
> > > > Can anybody help me to figure out why VMD could not able detect
> the
> > > > graphics card?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Anu
> > > >
> > > > ??
> > > >
> > > > ??
> > > >
> > > > References
> > > >
> > > > Visible links
> > > > 1. mailto:norman.geist_at_uni-greifswald.de
> > > > 2. mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > > 3. mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > > 4. mailto:vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > > 5. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > > > 6. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
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> > > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> > > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > >
>
>
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