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From: Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva (alan_at_biof.ufrj.br)
Date: Wed May 28 2003 - 13:02:00 CDT

Consider using MDK 9.1 instead RedHat.

On Wed, 28 May 2003, Oscar Moran wrote:

> I have recently acquired a set of stereoscopic glasses 60GX. I intend to
> use them with a Pentium-class based hardware running under Linux RedHat 7.2
> (and probably I will update it to 9.0, if convenient). The system has a
> Nvidia Quadro4 550XGL graphic board. I have already configurated the driver
> for the graphic board -just a basic configuration, without any option. The
> system uses a monitor Hitachi CM751. I intend to use these hardware to
> visualise molecules in 3-D with VMD. I have several problems, and I shall
> be very pleased to receive some assistance for the following issues:
>
> 1- I must confess that I have very reduced experience on configuring
> graphic boards. I presume the I have to include several options to the
> /etc/X11/XF64Config-4 file, to have the appropriate syncronisation signal -
> if I understood the principle of functioning of the glasses. Unfortunately,
> Nvidia does not give any support, at least as it is indicated in their web
> site. I have just sent a message for help to Nuvision people also. Have you
> any experience to such configuration, and/or do you know where can I get
> the information? Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>
> 2- When I put the VMD (1.7 or 1.8) in the crystal glasses or anaglyph
> modes, I see two images distorted, one on the top and the second in the
> bottom. In the interleaved mode, I can see (correctly?) two images
> superposed, but as soon I change window, the image become only one. I guess
> that it happens because the program does not realy detect the stereographic
> harware, because is nor correctly configures. Any suggestion.
>
>
> any suggestion is wellcome!
>
> oscar
>
>
>
> Oscar Moran Via DeMarini, 6
> Istituto di Biofisica I-16149 Genova, Italy
> Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Tel. +39-0106475558
> 

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Alan Wilter S. da Silva
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 Laboratório de Física Biológica
  Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho
   Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
    Rio de Janeiro, Brasil