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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 17:16:45 CST

Paul,
  There's the culprit. If you're running the 64-bit distribution of
Linux on your machine you need to make sure that you have the 32-bit
and 64-bit OpenGL libraries installed. Your machine is missing libGLU
for some reason. Since you're running VMD 1.8.2, it's the 32-bit
version of that library that is missing.

What happens if you do this?:
  glxinfo

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:12:28PM -0800, Paul Whitford wrote:
>
> /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUX: error while loading shared libraries:
> libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> I'm running Red Hat Enterprise WS.
>
> -Paul
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, John Stone wrote:
>
> >
> > Paul,
> > If you've tried the suggestions I gave Cheri, the next thing to do is
> > to email me the output of the command:
> > vmd -dispdev text
> >
> > I'm guessing that there may be something wrong with the OpenGL libraries
> > on your machine, but we'll know more precisely once you do that quick test
> > and tell me what you get. What version of Linux are you running?
> >
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 05:01:11PM -0800, Paul Whitford wrote:
> > > I am having the same problems as described by
> > > Cheri M Turman (Cheri.M.Turman_at_uth.tmc.edu)
> > > on Tue Oct 26 2004 - 15:12:07 CDT
> > >
> > > I have tried everything posted, and vmd still won't work. There is just a
> > > flash on the screen and then it is gone.
> > >
> > > The difference between my situation at Cheri is that I am using the Intel
> > > em64t processor, not AMD. Does anyone have advice on what to do? Thanks
> > >
> > > Paul Whitford
> > > Grad Student
> > > UCSD
> >
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> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
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> >
> > 

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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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