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Message 4547 - Posted 4 Nov 2008 1:55:59 UTC

Hi all.

Just a question, are the graphics suppose to work

because they don't on mine. The button in the manager

is usable but does nothing.

pete.

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Message 4553 - Posted 4 Nov 2008 14:23:54 UTC

My first impulse was to say: yes the graphics are supposed to work, but now that I'm thinking better.. it may be the case that with the new protein they are not working.. Let me see with our expert in graphics if the changes we did to the workunit input files are affecting the graphics

Thank you for popping this question

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Message 4570 - Posted 5 Nov 2008 16:01:49 UTC

Hi Peter,

I just checked and the change of protein is not affecting the graphics. It may be the platform that is not supporting them. Let us know which platform and configuration are you using, and we will try to determine what is going wrong.

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Message 4571 - Posted 5 Nov 2008 17:21:16 UTC - in response to Message ID 4547 .

Hi all.

Just a question, are the graphics suppose to work

because they don't on mine. The button in the manager

is usable but does nothing.

pete.


So the first question is, what type of graphics card are you using and what version of ubuntu are you using. I can tell you that I encountered the exact same problem on ubuntu 8.10 x64 using an nvidia graphics card. The problem is that the graphics program needs to find the 32 bit static opengl libraries (libgl.so.1 i think). Anyway I was able to fix this by installing the graphics drivers from nvidia's website. Actually the first time I installed them they still didn't work because they were complaining about not being able to replace the opengl files, but the installer does ask to put 32 bit opengl libraries on the computer.

Basically you need to download the installer script from nvidia. You need to drop to shell with ctrl-alt-f3. Then you need to stop gdm by doing /etc/init.d/gdm stop. Then you need to do sh nvidia_graphics_driver.sh. Say yes to all the options. If it complains about a problem and assuming a successful install with the opengl 32bit libraries then run the installer again and it shouldn't complain. Once the installer updates the xorg.conf you can restart gdm by /etc/init.d/gdm start.

Once I did that I was able to get the graphics working on ubuntu x64. Good luck.

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Message 4595 - Posted 8 Nov 2008 4:06:56 UTC

Hi Kevin.

Thanks for the ideas, f.y.i. both rigs i have on here run Ubuntu 8.04lts

one is 64bit the other 32bit with all up dates.

the 64bit has an Nvidia 8500 gt card the other is a A.T.I. 9520 agp, the Nvidia

has the latest drivers from nvidia and 32bit libs, i checked and it has got

libgl.so.1 installed and others.

b.t.y. the graphics on the 32bit rig with a.t.i. card don't work either.

Guess i'll just have to go without.

thanks anyway.

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Message 4617 - Posted 15 Nov 2008 21:55:44 UTC

Hi all.

I've gotten the graphics to work just by updating Boinc to 6.2.14, look'n good.

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