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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 20 2009 - 15:43:56 CDT

On Mon, 2009-07-20 at 14:16 -0400, Stanislav Polonsky wrote:
> Thank you guys for your fast help!

as a somewhat cumbersome workaround, you could also try to use
the Render dialog and using the InternalTachyon renderer,
provided you have installed the latest VMD beta5 version.

cheers,
   axel.

> Stas Polonsky, PhD
> Research Staff Member
> IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
> (914) 945-3849
>
>
>
> Inactive hide details for John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>John Stone
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> John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
>
> 07/20/2009 12:43 PM
>
>
> To
>
> Stanislav
> Polonsky/Watson/IBM_at_IBMUS
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> cc
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> vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
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> Subject
>
> Re: vmd-l:
> Problem:
> volumetric data
> coloring fails on
> AIX5_64 with
> GXT6500 OpenGL
> renderer
>
>
>
>
> Stas,
> Yes, your graphics card is unable to support 3-D texture mapping.
> You'll need a better card in order to display the potential maps on
> your
> system. Since you're running AIX, I assume this is an IBM-produced
> video
> card, and you probably can't simply use an NVIDIA card or something
> similar.
> If it were a linux PC, that would be the easiest option for an
> upgrade.
> I'd check with your local computer people and see what other video
> card/GPU
> options are available for your system, and either upgrade the video
> card, or
> consider running VMD on a different machine with a better GPU when you
> want
> to view potential maps etc.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:40:40PM -0400, Stanislav Polonsky wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Thanks for the fast response. Below is the startup message. I can
> see it
> > says 2-D textures :-(
> >
> > Info) Textures: 2-D (2048x2048), Multitexture (2)
> >
> > I guess my only option is getting a new graphics card?
> >
> > Stas Polonsky, PhD
> > Research Staff Member
> > IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
> > (914) 945-3849
> >
> > Inactive hide details for John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>John
> Stone
> > <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> >
> > John Stone To Stanislav
> Polonsky/Watson/IBM_at_IBMUS
> > <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> cc vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> > Subject Re: vmd-l: Problem:
> volumetric data
> > 07/20/2009 12:29 PM coloring fails on AIX5_64
> with
> > GXT6500 OpenGL renderer
>
> >
>
> >
> > Hi,
> > Can you send me your VMD text console startup messages? They
> should
> > indicate whether or not your video card/GPU is capable of
> supporting
> > 3-D texture mapping or not. If not, that would be the reason
> you're
> > not seeing the potential coloring...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:04:25PM -0400, Stanislav Polonsky
> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When I load electrostatic potential data and select
> > > Graphics->Representations...->Draw Style tab->Coloring
> Method to
> > Volume
> > > all atoms become white. Selecting Trajectory tab and playing
> with
> > Color
> > > Scale Data Range does not help. Please help!
> > >
> > > Stas Polonsky, PhD
> > > Research Staff Member
> > > IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
> > > (914) 945-3849
> >
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> > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
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> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
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>
> 

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