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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 14 2003 - 15:45:51 CDT

Dear Miguel,
  If you're running a new version of Linux, you MUST use the "OpenGL" version
of VMD, regardless whether you have hardware acceleration or not.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 08:24:56PM +0200, Miguel wrote:
> I have never used vmd ... downloaded it today.
>
> I am running RedHat 9 and I *not* have any 3D graphics hardware. So I
> downloaded vmd 1.8 Linux Mesa
>
> I *think* I have the right mesa packages installed:
>
> [mth_at_hucho mth]$ rpm -qa | grep -i mesa
> XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-2
> XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.3.0-2
>
> The ./configure and make seemed to go fine.
>
> When I launch vmd it opens a couple of windows, then immediately shuts
> down ... it happens too quickly to see the messages in the console window.
>
> I tried the -debug <n> command line switch, but it didn't help.
>
> Is there a log file someplace?
>
> Thanks,
> Miguel
>
> 

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