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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 04 2005 - 11:09:01 CST

Hi,
  Usually this is caused by out-of-date entries in your XFree86 config
file. Make sure you've _exactly_ followed the NVidia README file instructions.
Installing the driver is 90% of what's needed, but you may have some old
stuff in your XFree86Config file that needs to be removed or changed, and
the NVidia README says what specifically to look for...

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 10:35:35PM +0530, vijay_at_mbu.iisc.ernet.in wrote:
> hi,
> thanks for the reply.
> i have a nvidia geforce MX 4000 (128MB) gfx card.
> i have installed the driver and its up and running.
> i checked on the XFree86 log file and i found that it was not able to
> activate the GLX extension.
> would you have any suggestions on how to activate that.
> vijay
>
>
>
> > 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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NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
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