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From: Peter Holm (peter.holm_at_mbfys.lu.se)
Date: Wed Jun 29 2005 - 02:37:37 CDT

Hi John,

VMD do NOT crasch after I enterred setenv VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS 1 in my .cshrc
and I haven't experienced any limitation in graphics speed or quality yet.
Hence problem solved!
Thanks!
/Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Stone" <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
To: "Peter Holm" <Peter.Holm_at_mbfys.lu.se>
Cc: <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: vmd-l: Re: Display shuts down on startup

> Peter,
> Yes, they do limit your graphics capability. Does your VMD run ok
> without them? Or does it die? If you can run without them, that's
> what you want to do. If not, then we can find a more minimalistic
> set of options to cut back just the feature(s) that cause you trouble.
>
> I've found that on a colleague's ATI-based laptop, just disabling one
> OpenGL feature will make VMD run just fine on his ATI chip /w Linux.
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 02:05:04PM +0200, Peter Holm wrote:
>> Thank's John, that worked and yes, I'm using an ATI Mobility Fire GL T2
>> graphics card.
>> Will these commands limit my graphics capacity in VMD?
>>
>> /Peter
>>
>>
>> Try doing this:
>> vmd -dispdev text
>>
>> If that works, then try doing this:
>> setenv VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS 1
>> vmd
>>
>> If that works, then I'm guessing you're probably using an ATI video card
>> right?
>>
>> John Stone
>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 12:36:50PM +0200, Peter Holm wrote:
>> > Dear list-readers,
>> >
>> > I just upgraded to VMD 1.8.3 (from 1.8.2) on my Linux machine. I ran:
>> > 'configure LINUX' followed by 'make install'. The installation seems to
>> > work smoothly but when I start VMD the console window starts and shuts
>> > down a millisecond later.
>> > Any suggestions on what I've done wrong are welcome.
>> > Version 1.8.2 worked without these problems.
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> > Peter
>> >
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