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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 16 2003 - 23:07:43 CST

Dear Luis,
  This is a familiar problem caused by the NVidia drivers you're
using on Linux. If you upgrade to more recent drivers, the problem
should go away. I've seen this crop up with older revs of the NVidia
drivers about a year and a half ago. If your drivers are the most recent
version already, you might try a different version. Also, I'd recommend
that if this occured with the latest NVidia drivers that you report the
problem to th4eir linux-bugs_at_nvidia.com. When I encountered this problem
in the past, the only way to get OpenGL windows back was to logout and
restart the X server (logout/login normally restarts X automatically).
Anyway, check your NVidia driver version and install a newer driver if
possible, let us know if this does not solve your problem.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:42:44PM -0500, Luis Gracia wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have an annoying problem with vmd (1.8.2). After working perfectly
> with vmd, if I close the program and start it again the display window
> does not work (only the decoration frames are shown). well, it is
> actually there, but just shows whatever the last image I pass over it
> (like other windows or programs).
> I am using linux (Debian sid) and Quadro2 MXR/AGP/SSE with the nvidia
> driver. The first lines of the vmd console seem ok:
>
> Info) VMD for LINUX, version 1.8.2 (December 4, 2003)
> Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
> Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
> Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
> Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
> Info) Multithreading available, 1 CPU detected.
> Info) OpenGL renderer: Quadro2 MXR/AGP/SSE
> Info) Features: STENCIL RN MTX
> Info) Textures: 2-D (2048x2048), 3-D (64x64x64), Multitexture (2)
>
> I don't remember having this problem with vmd-1.8.2b2.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Best,
> Luis
>
> --
> Luis Gracia, PhD
> Department of Physiology & Biophysics
> 1300 York Avenue, Box 75
> New York, NY 10021
> lug2002_at_med.cornell.edu 

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