RE: [PyMOL] Stereographics CrystalEyes problem

[DeLano, W. <wa...@su...>]

Yep, we ran into the same problem with our ESGI emitters and FireGL2 =
cards -- we ended up having to buy new StereoGraphics (E-2) emitters for =
the Linux machines  (~$200).

http://www.qualixdirect.com/
part # SV-008-A-PC-E2=20

Cheers,
Warren


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viktor Hornak [mailto:ho...@cs...]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:19 PM
> To: Schubert, Carsten
> Cc: pymol-users
> Subject: Re: [PyMOL] Stereographics CrystalEyes problem
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> Carsten,
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> your guess sounds very likely to me. Unfortunately, we only=20
> have "ESGI"=20
> emitters so I cannot confirm it for sure (but I bet you're right).
> Thanks a lot for the tip.
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> Cheers,
> -Viktor
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> Schubert, Carsten wrote:
> > just a wild guess, but in order to get stereo to work on my=20
> PC (under=20
> > W2K) with a Oxygen GVX card I had to use a "ENT" emitter from=20
> > Stereographics. As far as I recall the regular emitters used on the=20
> > SGI's, type "ESGI", did not work.
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> > Hope it helps.
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> > Cheers
> >         Carsten
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Viktor Hornak [mailto:ho...@cs...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 15:45
> > To: pymol-users
> > Subject: [PyMOL] Stereographics CrystalEyes problem
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> > Hello,
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> > I followed the discussion on 3D stereo support in PyMOL and saw that
> > many people were able to get PyMOL in stereo with FireGL or Nvidia
> > cards. Finally I got the chance to try it out myself with a=20
> new NVIDIA
> > Quadro4 XGL 900. I am running PyMOL on RedHat 7.3 wiht the=20
> latest nvidia
> > drivers (1.0-3123). There were no problems to get=20
> accelerated X up with
> > blazingly fast PyMOL rendering. So next, I tried to get=20
> stereo working.
> > I am using Stereographics emitter and CrystalEyes which=20
> I've been using
> > with our SGIs (so that I know they are functional; in fact=20
> PyMOL works
> > in stereo on our SGIs without a problem). I plugged the=20
> emmiter into the
> > DIN on my Quadro4 card, put   Option "Stereo" "3"   into my
> > XF86Config-4, restarted X and hoped that things will just work.
> > According to XFree log file, X was really initiated in=20
> stereo mode. The
> > emmiter light turned on when I started PyMOL. I switched to 'quad
> > buffered stereo' and the molecule getss rendered in stereo=20
> but when I
> > look at it with CrystalEyes glasses nothing changes. I=20
> still see double
> > rendered image on the screen, which means that the emmiter does not
> > synchronize glasses correctly (or at all).
> > I tried to change some options in XF86Config-4 but nothing=20
> helped, so I
> > was wondering if someone experienced the same problem. Do=20
> Stereographics
> > emmiter and CrystalEyes glasses work with Quadro4 at all?=20
> Do I need to
> > get a different emmiter or glasses? Any help appreciated...
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