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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 20 2005 - 12:56:38 CDT

Gavin,
  Do you have an ATI card? That sounds like a symptom of one of the ATI
video driver bugs. Try doing this:
  setenv VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS 1
then re-run VMD and let me know if you still get the crash.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 09:13:46AM +0000, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote:
> Dear John
>
> 'where
> No stack.'
>
> Thanks
> Gavin.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 09:35 -0500, John Stone wrote:
> > Gavin,
> > Try doing this:
> > vmd -debug
> > Then, when you get the gdb prompt, type "run". When it terminates,
> > type "where" and tell me what it says.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:40:54PM +0000, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have installed the latest vmd on amd64, running fedora core 4, however
> > > when I start I get a process id no. and it doesn't start. I think it's
> > > a graphics prob. The card is a nvidia. Opengl is there and it ran on
> > > fc2. Can anyone help pls?
> > > Gavin.
> > 

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