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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 17:41:57 CST

Paul,
  The first error returned by glxinfo indicates that you don't
really have a workable OpenGL installation on that machine:
  Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

I'd suggest that you go to the NVidia web site and download
their OpenGL driver and install it according to their instructions.
I believe this will solve your problems. It is important that
you follow their directions carefully, don't forget to fix the
X configuration file as they instruct.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:35:29PM -0800, Paul Whitford wrote:
> glxinfo gets this,
>
> name of display: :0.0
> Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> display: :0 screen: 0
> direct rendering: No
> server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> server glx version string: 1.3
> server glx extensions:
> GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
> GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
> GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer
> client glx vendor string: SGI
> client glx version string: 1.2
> client glx extensions:
> GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
> GLX extensions:
> GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating
> OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> OpenGL renderer string: Quadro NVS 280 PCI-E/PCI/SSE2
> OpenGL version string: 1.5.1 NVIDIA 61.05
> OpenGL extensions:
> GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture,
> GL_EXT_blend_color
> glu version: 1.3
> glu extensions:
> GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess
>
> visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
> id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0x21 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x22 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x23 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x24 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x25 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x26 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x27 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x28 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
> 0x29 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
> 0x2a 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
> 0x2b 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
> 0x2c 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x2d 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x2e 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x2f 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x30 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
> 0x31 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
> 0x32 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
> 0x33 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
> 0x34 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
>
> -Paul
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, John Stone wrote:
>
> >
> > Paul,
> > There's the culprit. If you're running the 64-bit distribution of
> > Linux on your machine you need to make sure that you have the 32-bit
> > and 64-bit OpenGL libraries installed. Your machine is missing libGLU
> > for some reason. Since you're running VMD 1.8.2, it's the 32-bit
> > version of that library that is missing.
> >
> > What happens if you do this?:
> > glxinfo
> >
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:12:28PM -0800, Paul Whitford wrote:
> > >
> > > /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUX: error while loading shared libraries:
> > > libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > I'm running Red Hat Enterprise WS.
> > >
> > > -Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, John Stone wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Paul,
> > > > If you've tried the suggestions I gave Cheri, the next thing to do is
> > > > to email me the output of the command:
> > > > vmd -dispdev text
> > > >
> > > > I'm guessing that there may be something wrong with the OpenGL libraries
> > > > on your machine, but we'll know more precisely once you do that quick test
> > > > and tell me what you get. What version of Linux are you running?
> > > >
> > > > John Stone
> > > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 05:01:11PM -0800, Paul Whitford wrote:
> > > > > I am having the same problems as described by
> > > > > Cheri M Turman (Cheri.M.Turman_at_uth.tmc.edu)
> > > > > on Tue Oct 26 2004 - 15:12:07 CDT
> > > > >
> > > > > I have tried everything posted, and vmd still won't work. There is just a
> > > > > flash on the screen and then it is gone.
> > > > >
> > > > > The difference between my situation at Cheri is that I am using the Intel
> > > > > em64t processor, not AMD. Does anyone have advice on what to do? Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul Whitford
> > > > > Grad Student
> > > > > UCSD
> > > >
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> > > > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > > > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
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> > > >
> > > >
> >
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> > 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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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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