[Chimera-users] Chimera error at start-up

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Hernando,
Did the graphics driver change?  This is probably a graphics driver bug -- it sounds like the same thing two other people reported this month, and we've just been advising people to update the graphics driver to the latest version, as in this post:

<https://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2021-December/018247.html>

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Dec 8, 2021, at 12:14 PM, Hernando J Sosa via Chimera-users <chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Dear Chimera,
> 
>  I cannot open Chimer anymore in a computer (Windos10 64) where it was running until yesterday. I tried with no success  reinstalling the program and installing the latestChimera  daily release.
> 
> The error that I get at startup says:
> 
> <image.png>
> 
> If I start in debug mode I get the following error in a command window:
> 
> Cannot execute 'gzip': no automatic decompression of .Z files
> 
> initializing general preferences
> loading Tix
> initializing graphics
> Return code: -1073741819 
> 
> How can I resolve this issue?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Hernando