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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 04 2005 - 09:55:38 CST

Vijay,
  Your linux machine lacks the OpenGL GLX X server extension which is
required to run OpenGL programs. What video card do you have in that machine?
I'd suggest that if you have an ATI or NVidia card, you download and install
the official ATI or NVIdia drivers that are posted on their web sites.
That should fix this problem.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 12:16:00PM +0530, vijay_at_mbu.iisc.ernet.in wrote:
> Hello,
> I have downloaded and installed VMD in my Linux machine (Red Hat 9.0).
> If I run VMD I get the following error message in the VMD Console.
>
> *****************************************************************************
>
> Info) Multithreading available, 2 CPUs detected.
> ERROR) The X server does not support the OpenGL GLX extension. Exiting ...
> Info) VMD for LINUX, version 1.8.2 (December 4, 2003)
> Info) Unable to create OpenGL window.
>
> *****************************************************************************
> Please help me out of this
> vijay 

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