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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 27 2005 - 21:18:03 CDT

Hi Praedor, VMD-L,
  I've built a new test version of VMD 1.8.4 which goes much farther to
limit itself to the simplest possible OpenGL 1.0 immediate mode graphics
commands when the VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS mode is set.
I've posted the latest test builds here:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/

Try installing this test version and let me know if it is now able
to run on your ATI chipset or not when you set the VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS
environment variable to 1. If it still has problems, I'll need
more debugging info from you, but I'm hoping that with this very
minimalistic code you'll be able to run without crashing now.

Let us know how it works for you.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 12:47:58PM -0500, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Last week you indicated that you could build a version of vmd that should work
> for those of us afflicted with ATI graphics chips and buggy drivers. If you
> do produce such a version would you please announce it in the list?
>
> Thank you,
> praedor
> --
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> construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
> --9th Amendment to the Constitution 

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