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From: Sabuj Pattanayek (sabuj.pattanayek_at_Vanderbilt.Edu)
Date: Mon Aug 22 2005 - 11:17:58 CDT

It seems ati-drivers-8.16.20 still requires

setenv VMD_EXCL_GL_EXTENSIONS GL_ARB_shader_objects

to start in graphical mode.

John Stone wrote:
> Bob,
> A quick thing to try since you're using an ATI car is (csh shell):
> setenv VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS 1
> vmd
>
> If you're up and running after doing that, there are a couple of more
> specific methods of getting around ATI driver bugs that are less
> heavy-handed.
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 10:43:55PM -0400, Bob Johnson wrote:
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>I just installed Fedora 4 and am trying to run VMD. However, upon running VMD,
>>the VMD main console briefly flashes on the screen and then disappears. It
>>seems that VMD crashes as soon as it is opened. No error is displayed in the
>>shell. I am using an ATI Radeon 9800 video card. Does anyone know how to fix
>>this?
>>Thanks,
>>Bob Johnson
>
>