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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 11 2005 - 13:35:17 CDT

Yeah, sounds like a video card problem.
Try this (if you're a csh user):
  setenv VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS 1
  vmd

Does that allow this machine to run?

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 02:32:49PM -0400, Huaer XC wrote:
> I am using IBM x-31. I guess the vedio card is fine, coz VMD works
> perfectly in my Win-XP system in the same Laptop. I use the default
> driver by Mandrake Linux, so this is probably the problem. Is there
> anyway I can do to solve it? thanks a lot,
> Huaer
>
> On Apr 11, 2005 1:30 AM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Huaer,
> > Yes, I'd be suspicious of the Linux video driver. What video card
> > does your machine use?
> >
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 05:40:31PM -0400, Huaer XC wrote:
> > > Hi, I also got a very bad result of vmd1.83 running in my Mandrake
> > > 10.0 Linux. My problem is that everytime I ran vmd, three panels did
> > > show up, but the screen got frozen so that I had to restart my
> > > computer. VMD works very well with Win-XP in the same PC, so I guess
> > > it should not be the problems of the Video card. Is there anything I
> > > can do to fix this problem? Thanks in advance..
> > > Huaer
> > >
> > > On Apr 10, 2005 9:43 AM, matteo.pennestri_at_virgilio.it
> > > <matteo.pennestri_at_virgilio.it> wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > I have just installed vmd 1.8.3 on linux mandrake 10.0 but when I type "vmd"
> > > > only the vmd console is displayed. No "vmd 1.8.3 OpenGL Display" and no
> > > > "VMD MAIN" is displayed.
> > > > Is there something that I have to do to display it?
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks.....
> > > > Matteo.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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