although maybe out of context (as I am talking about the older pymol 0.99rc6 on windows), but the same happens with windows 2003 server . If you do not touch anything, the screen keeps updating.
On 8/30/07, DeLano Scientific <del...@delsci.info> wrote: > > Roger, > > This isn't so much a PyMOL bug as a flaky characteristic of OpenGL under > Windows XP, which eventually stops updating the screen when an application > like PyMOL attempts to draw continuously for a long period of time without > relinquishing control back to the operating system event loop. > > PyMOL isn't actually frozen when this happens -- it continues to render > and > write out images. Windows simply isn't updating the screen. The problem > doesn't exist on Windows 2k or Linux, but a very similar behavior occurs > with MacPYMOL (but which can be worked around by dragging the MacPyMOL > window). Eventually we'll rearchitect PyMOL's event loop so as to > eliminate > this annoyance. > > Cheers, > Warren > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net > > [mailto:pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf > > Of Roger Rowlett > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:15 PM > > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [PyMOL] Pymol 1.0 graphics bug > > > > In Pymol 1.0, the pymol viewer freezes during an mpng command > > in progress if the mouse pointer is moved. (Windows XP XP2 > > only, using Intel chips and motherboard, Nvidia graphics card > > and driver) PNG files are written out properly, and viewer > > window becomes live again after completion of the mpng > > command. I have verified this on two different systems, one > > with an Intel DG945CC board and Pentium D 805 with Nvidia > > GeForce 7300S and another with an Intel DQ965FE board and > > Core Duo 2 E6600 with XFX GeForce 8600 GT graphics. Both > > machines have 2 Gbyte of RAM and the latest Nvidia drivers. > > This behavior cannot be duplicated in Linux FC6 using a > > Quadro 980XGL and a single core Pentium 4, also with 2 Gbyte of RAM. > > > > Anybody else notice this? > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and > > a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> > > http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ > > PyMOL-users mailing list > > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users >
