From: Dr Gavin Seddon (gavin.m.seddon_at_man.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Oct 20 2005 - 13:45:29 CDT

'cat /etc/issue
Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz)
Kernel \r on an \m

uname -a
Linux debora.pa.man.ac.uk 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 #1 Thu Jun 2 22:56:33 EDT
2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

glxinfo
name of display: localhost:12.0
display: localhost:12 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage,
GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGI_swap_control,
    GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.2.1)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture,
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow,
    GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr,
GL_EXT_bgra,
    GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_logic_op,
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
    GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord,
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
GL_EXT_point_parameters,
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
    GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
    GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
GL_EXT_texture_object,
    GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_APPLE_packed_pixels,
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
    GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
    GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_MESA_pack_invert,
GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture,
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
    GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
    GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow,
    GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

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 id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
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0x22 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None'

Thanks.

On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 13:37 -0500, John Stone wrote:
> Gavin,
> What version of the OS are you running?
> Can you send me the output of 'cat /etc/issue', 'uname -a' and 'glxinfo'?
>
> Thanks,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 06:29:47PM +0000, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote:
> > Yes, it crashed.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 12:56 -0500, John Stone wrote:
> > > setenv VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS 1
>