[colug-432] A Perplexing Problem

[Matt Simmons]

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--Matt

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> I have a rather perplexing problem.
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> My main Linux computer is a two year old (at least the most recent
> upgrade) 3.5GHz AMD 64 bit octa-core CPU.
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> Due to a rather catastrophic failure I have just upgraded the OS from
> Debian v-7.2 to Debian v-8.4.0.  I downloaded the DVD-1 and the checksum
> was correct.  When I burned it to a DVD here were no problems.  Nor, were
> there any problems with the installation.
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> However, several of the applications that I use on rather a daily basis
> are acting rather strangely. A case in point is Avogadro, which happens to
> be a part of the distribution and therefore I didn’t have to compile the
> source code.  It installed without any warnings or errors.  When I run the
> application the graphic window is corrupted!   This is also the case with
> another application, VMD, that I downloaded and installed.  Both
> application worked without any problems in the previous Debian OS.
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> There are other applications that I run, both in gui’s and terminals that
> continue to run flawlessly in the new OS.
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> Now, if that isn’t confusing enough, I tried something else.  I installed
> the Linux VMWare Workstation 12 Player and installed the same Debian 8.4.0
> in that.  And .  .   . the display problem no longer exists!
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> Obviously, I don’t want to have to run the native Linux Distribution in an
> VM, but I don’t have the faintest clue as to what is going on, nor any
> inkling how to fix the problem.
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> Although I have been a computer user since 1960’s I am an Organic Chemist
> and neither a hardware or software person.
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> I would really be most appreciative of any assistance.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.               Life is a fuzzy set
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> www.molecular-modeling.net     Stochastic and Multivariate
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> s.molnar at sbcglobal.net
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