From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 31 2005 - 10:12:55 CST

Hi,
  Try setting this environment variable before starting VMD, it will
disable all of the advanced OpenGL features that VMD uses, in favor of
a more minimalistic and simpler OpenGL 1.1-based functionality:
  setenv VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS 1

Let me know if this gets you up and running.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:53:21AM -0500, Alec Robertson wrote:
> Is there any way to work around the fglrx-8.10.19 driver crash? I've
> seen the posts and bug report but would prefer not to downgrade my
> driver. Is there any way to use MESA or some other software rendering
> instead?

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