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From: Nichols A. Romero (naromero_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 24 2007 - 16:00:20 CDT

Yes, the machine that I ssh (kerborized) into is an SGI Altix. My local
machine is a laptop, but they appear to have
the same graphics card. In order to get GLSL rendering working on my laptop,
I had to update the NVIDIA drivers.

So, is the problem the SSH or the NVIDIA driver on the Altix?

On 4/24/07, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> The output of glxinfo indicates that your driver isn't exporting
> the GLSL extensions. In fact, the only extra features you're getting are
> the multitexture extension and a stencil buffer. It appears that you're
> attaching through 'ssh', guessing by your DISPLAY variable being set
> to "localhost:10.0". That combined with the fact that you appear to be
> remote displaying onto a remote laptop may be the reason for problems.
> What happens when you run VMD locally on the laptop? (the machine with
> the Quadro FX Go1400 in it, which I'm assuming is NOT the Altix...)
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 04:40:57PM -0400, Nichols A. Romero wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is on SGI Altix. 16-processors box, using VMD 1.8.5 (I know that I
> need
> > to upgrade).
> >
> > Receiving following message on start up.
> > Info) Multithreading available, 16 CPUs detected.
> > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display "localhost:10.0".
> > Info) OpenGL renderer: Quadro FX Go1400/PCI/SSE2
> > Info) Features: STENCIL MTX
> > Info) GLSL rendering mode is NOT available.
> > Info) Textures: 2-D (4096x4096), 3-D (512x512x512), Multitexture (4)
> > Found 1 plugins or data handlers in directory
> > '/usr/people/naromero/vmd-1.8.5/lib/plugins/LINUXIA64/molfile'.
> >
> > Is the lack of GLSL rendering a XFree86 problem or an NVIDIA driver
> problem?
> >
> > I attach the glxinfo output.
> >
> > --
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Nichols A. Romero, Ph.D.
1613 Denise Dr. Apt. D
Forest Hill, MD 21050
443-567-8328 (C)
410-306-0709 (O)