From: Thomas Lemmin (thomas.lemmin_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 09 2009 - 08:06:30 CDT

I added this option in my xorg file. Now the crystal eyes work again....

Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "off"
EndSection

Thanks for your help

Thomas

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:40 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi,
> What version of the NVIDIA drivers are you running on this
> machine? The warnings about /dev/nvidiactl seem to indicate
> that there's something wrong with your driver installation.
> This is also indicated by the GLSL warnings later on.
>
> Also, you're going to want to switch from beta 1 to beta 5
> as there are various (unrelated to your current problem) bug
> fixes since then. I would recommend that you get the latest
> NVIDIA drivers and install them, and that you delete the old
> test version of VMD and use the new beta 5 version. Try that
> and let us know if you need more assistance.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 04:33:07PM +0200, Thomas Lemmin wrote:
> > The currently installed version of nvidia drivers is: 185.18.14;
> >
> > VMD start up message:
> > Info) VMD for LINUXAMD64, version 1.8.7beta1 (April 29, 2009)
> > Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
> > Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
> > Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
> > Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
> > Info) Multithreading available, 8 CPUs detected.
> > Info) Free system memory: 15581MB (97%)
> > NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission
> denied).
> > NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission
> denied).
> > Info) OpenGL renderer: Quadro FX 4600/PCI/SSE2
> > Info) Features: MDE MTX NPOT PP PS
> > Info) GLSL rendering mode is NOT available.
> > Info) Textures: 2-D (8192x8192), 3-D (2048x2048x2048), Multitexture (4)
> > Info) X-Windows ClientMessage-based Spaceball device available.
> >
> >
> > On 6/8/09, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Can you tell me what NVIDIA driver version you're using and
> > > provide the VMD startup messages that are printed in the text console?
> > > That will help track down what's going on there.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 03:54:04PM +0200, Thomas Lemmin wrote:
> > >> Thanks for the quick answer.
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, I forgot to mention that I set the environment variable
> > >> VMDPREFERSTEREO=1 and export VMDPREFERSTEREO as described in the VMD
> in
> > >> notes.
> > >>
> > >> The crystal eyes were working when I was using Debian etch, but since
> the
> > >> update to lenny.... it does not work anymore. The GPU is a NVIDIA
> Quadro
> > >> FX
> > >> 4600. This should be powerful enough.
> > >>
> > >> Thomas
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:43 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> > Have you set the environment variable VMDPREFERSTEREO as described
> > >> > in the VMD Linux release notes? Most GPUs don't have enough video
> > >> > memory (or video memory bandwidth) to allow both stereo and
> antialiasing
> > >> > simultaneously, so you have to tell VMD that you'd rather have
> stereo
> > >> > than antialiasing. Give that a try and let us know if you need more
> > >> > assistance.
> > >> >
> > >> > Cheers,
> > >> > John Stone
> > >> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >> >
> > >> > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 03:21:48PM +0200, Thomas Lemmin wrote:
> > >> > > Hi,
> > >> > > I am trying to use crystal eyes with VMD. But when I switch on the
> > >> > > stereo
> > >> > > vision, VMD display splits into two images (too far apart for
> stereo
> > >> > > vision). And the crystal eyes emitter does not turn on.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I am using a Debian lenny OS and CRT LaCie electron blue 22.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Thomas Lemmin
> > >> > >
> > >> > > xorg.conf file:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by
> nvidia-settings
> > >> > > # nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister_at_builder62) Thu
> Feb 5
> > >> > > 00:09:30 PST 2009
> > >> > >
> > >> > > # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
> > >> > > # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister_at_builder62) Thu Feb
> 5
> > >> > > 00:08:50 PST 2009
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "ServerLayout"
> > >> > > Identifier "Layout0"
> > >> > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > >> > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > >> > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "Files"
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "Module"
> > >> > > Load "dbe"
> > >> > > Load "extmod"
> > >> > > Load "type1"
> > >> > > Load "freetype"
> > >> > > Load "glx"
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "ServerFlags"
> > >> > > Option "Xinerama" "0"
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "InputDevice"
> > >> > >
> > >> > > # generated from default
> > >> > > Identifier "Mouse0"
> > >> > > Driver "mouse"
> > >> > > Option "Protocol" "auto"
> > >> > > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> > >> > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> > >> > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "InputDevice"
> > >> > >
> > >> > > # generated from default
> > >> > > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > >> > > Driver "kbd"
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "Monitor"
> > >> > > # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
> > >> > > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > >> > > VendorName "Unknown"
> > >> > > ModelName "LCA electr22b2"
> > >> > > HorizSync 30.0 - 121.0
> > >> > > VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
> > >> > > ModeLine "1280x960" 179.000 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961
> 964
> > >> > 1017
> > >> > > -hsync +vsync
> > >> > > ModeLine "1024x768" 113.300 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769
> 772
> > >> > > 814
> > >> > > -hsync +vsync
> > >> > > ModeLine "1152x864" 143.500 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865
> 868
> > >> > > 915
> > >> > > -hsync +vsync
> > >> > > ModeLine "800x600" 68.200 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604
> 636
> > >> > -hsync
> > >> > > +vsync
> > >> > > ModeLine "768x576" 62.600 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580
> 611
> > >> > -hsync
> > >> > > +vsync
> > >> > > ModeLine "640x480" 43.200 640 680 744 848 480 481 484
> 509
> > >> > -hsync
> > >> > > +vsync
> > >> > > Option "DPMS"
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "Device"
> > >> > > Identifier "Device0"
> > >> > > Driver "nvidia"
> > >> > > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
> > >> > > BoardName "Quadro FX 4600"
> > >> > > Option "Stereo" "3"
> > >> > > Option "NvaGP" "1"
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Section "Screen"
> > >> > >
> > >> > > # Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960_100 +0+0; CRT:
> > >> > > 1024x768_100
> > >> > > +0+0; CRT: 1280x960 +0+0"
> > >> > > Identifier "Screen0"
> > >> > > Device "Device0"
> > >> > > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > >> > > DefaultDepth 16
> > >> > > Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "False"
> > >> > > SubSection "Display"
> > >> > > Modes "1280x960_100"
> > >> > > EndSubSection
> > >> > > EndSection
> > >> >
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> > > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> > > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/> Fax: 217-244-6078
> > >
>
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> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> Email:
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