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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue May 11 2010 - 19:23:48 CDT

Hi,
  VMD doesn't "lock" any of the devices. When it starts up it does
clear the GPU memory and do a brief allocation/clear/deallocation cycle
designed to catch any unusual GPU behavior during startup. Does ACEMD fail
while VMD is starting up? What happens if you do a "kill -STOP" on ACEMD,
then start VMD, than do a "kill -CONT" on ACEMD after VMD prints the startup
messages?

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:49:54AM +0200, Joakim Swedberg wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have a problem where I need to run another CUDA accelerated software's
> at the same time as VMD 1.8.7. The other software ACEMD lets me specify
> which devices I want to use but I have not been able to find a way to do
> that in VMD and it locks all devices, As a result the other software
> always crashes if I run VMD 1.8.7.
>
> Any help would be useful
>
> Regards
>
> Joakim Swedberg
> BSc (Honours)
> PhD student
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