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From: Harindar Keer (hkeer_at_uci.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2005 - 14:09:54 CST

 Hi John,

   I just wanted to check with you if power could be the problem. A guy
from StereoGraphics suggested me.
When I go to display -> Stereo -> CrystalEyes, I see kind of the
overlapping images. I suppose, I am getting
stereo images.

Many thanks for your help,
Harindar

John Stone wrote:

>Hi,
> You don't need to use VMDPREFERSTEREO on a Sun machine as the Sun machines
>don't have the problems that the NVidia cards have. If VMD says "STEREO"
>in the startup messages, and the config you listed below is active, then
>the only remaining possibility is that you don't have the right kind of
>stereo emitter cable, or it is loose, or you forgot to turn on the emitter
>itself (turn on the switch on the back side of the emitter). You should be
>able to switch VMD to CrystalEyes stereo mode and see the overlapping
>left/right eye images if everything else is working right, independent
>of the correct functioning of the emitter itself. Have you used this
>emitter on any other machine? I know that there were some revisions
>of the StereoGraphics emitters that didn't work correctly with Sun XVR-1000
>cards for a period of time, I believe that the Sun guys worked around this
>with an XVR-1000 video driver patch or something, if I recall correctly.
>Try swapping that emitter with a different one and see if the problem
>persists or not. You may need to make sure you've got the latest OpenGL
>patches on your Sun machine if it turns out that the emitter doesn't like
>the signal it is getting.
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>
>On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 01:42:31PM -0800, Harindar Keer wrote:
>
>
>>Hi John,
>>
>> I did as you suggested, but still I don't see the light coming out of
>>the emitter, on starting the VMD I do see STEREO mentioned in the OpenGL
>>featuers. I have also set VMDPREFERSTEREO=1.
>>following is output of
>># fbconfig -dev gfb0 -propt
>>
>>--- OpenWindows Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfb0 ---
>>
>>OWconfig File: machine
>>
>>Video:
>> Resolution: SUNW_STEREO_1280x1024x112
>> Port (a): 13W3
>> Port (b): auto
>>
>>Multisample:
>> Samples Per Pixel: max
>> Allocation Model: dynamic
>> Application Mode: enable
>>
>>Screen:
>> Doublewide: disable
>> Doublehigh: disable
>> Active Stream: auto
>> Offset/Overlap: [0, 0]
>> Clearpixel Value: 255
>> Gamma Correction Value: 2.22
>>
>>Framelock:
>> Framelock/Stereo Port: Output from Stream A
>> Stream A Sync: Free Run (no frame sync)
>> Stream B Sync: Free Run (no frame sync)
>>
>>Once again thanks for your help.
>>
>>-Harindar
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 07:44, John Stone wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Harindar,
>>> Make sure you've got the XVR-1000 set to a stereo-capable video mode,
>>>like one of these:
>>> fbconfig -dev gfb0 -res SUNW_STEREO_1280x1024x112
>>> fbconfig -dev gfb0 -res SUNW_STEREO_1280x1024x96
>>> fbconfig -dev gfb0 -res SUNW_STEREO_1024x768x96
>>>
>>>Once you've set the video mode, you'll need to restart X by logging out
>>>and logging back in. From there, you should be able to run VMD,
>>>and when VMD starts you'll see the word "STEREO" in the list of OpenGL
>>>features it found. If that works out well, then once you start VMD
>>>you should see the emitter light come on, and you can enable stereo in
>>>VMD by selecting Display->Stereo->CrystalEyes from the main VMD menus.
>>>
>>> John Stone
>>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>>
>>>On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 01:09:37PM -0800, Harindar Keer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to get started stereo visualization in VMD.
>>>>I have CrystalEye glasses and E2SUN emitter. On connecting with
>>>>SUN Blade1000, graphic card XVR1000, the emitter doesn't seem to get
>>>>activated. Can somebody suggest what should I do in order to activate
>>>>the emitter.
>>>>
>>>>Many thanks,
>>>>Harindar
>>>>
>>>>
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