the command 'ray' initiates the raytracing which is not GPU-dependent, i.e. your gfx drivers won't increase your raytrace time, only upgrading your main CPU will.
But it shouldn't freeze. Does it crash? Have you tried ray'ing a simple scene, i.e. just a few residue, stick representation, nothing special? my 2 cents' worth :) jp On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, naalas wrote: > Dear everybody, > > I'm using the last version of PyMOL, which is very fast (!), but I > encountered a problem with ray. I found a driver for my video card which > makes programs like O a lot faster, and it also makes PyMOL faster in > all the *preparation* process. But as soon as I want to ray my picture, > then it freezes. I do not know if the problem is coming from my video > card or from PyMOL (e.g. my configuration), so if you have any > suggestion, I'd be thankful... > > I am using Red Hat 9; > video card= Ge Force 2.MX; > commercial driver from NVIDIA version 1.0.4496. > > Thank you in advance. > > Leo > ----- > cha...@post.kek.jp > naa...@docomo.ne.jp > hnaa...@hotmail.com > ----- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > -- JP Cartailler 3205 McGaugh Hall Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Irvine Research Unit in Macromolecular Structure UC Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-3900 USA (949) 824 4322 (T) j...@bragg.bio.uci.edu (email) www.cartailler.com (www)
