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From: Brian Bennion (brian_at_youkai.llnl.gov)
Date: Thu Aug 04 2005 - 17:05:05 CDT

Are you using windows or linux?
if linux you may not have the x windowing configured optimally.

See if you have the following in your XFree86.config file

Section "Module"
        Load "dbe"
        Load "extmod"
        Load "fbdevhw"
        Load "glx"
        Load "record"
        Load "freetype"
        Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group 0
        Mode 0666
EndSection

Brian

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Bob Johnson wrote:

>
> Hello,
> I am using an ATI Radeon 9800 video card. However, when visualizing systems of
> about 1500 atoms I experience significant video slowing in VMD. When loading
> VMD I get the following messages:
>
> OpenGL renderer: Mesa GLX Indirect
> Features: STENCIL RN MDE MTX PP PS
> GLSL rendering mode is NOT available.
>
> Would updating the video driver help this problem? If so what video driver
> should I get? I've already been to the ATI website and looked at the
> downloadable drivers there.
> Thanks,
> Bob Johnson
>

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