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From: Robert Kretschmer (robert.kretschmer_at_freenet.de)
Date: Tue Nov 28 2006 - 01:51:31 CST

Hej,

the shutter glasses works und windows and linux. Under linux it is not so
easy to install like on windows, but it shouldn't be a problem! I use Suse
Linux 10.0!
Now, I have a NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL. I had to buy this Card because my
motherboard support only AGP 4x!

The drivers for linux you can download at the NVIDIA homepage, then you have
to shutdown the X11-Server, install the drivers and then you must change the
X11-Config file. Further more you must enable the stereomode: setenv
VMDPREFERSTEREO

There is a complete instruction at the following link:
http://www.biologie.uni-kassel.de/biochemistry/VMDnVidiaHowto.txt

good luck

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cesar Avila" <cavila_at_fbqf.unt.edu.ar>
To: "Robert Kretschmer" <robert.kretschmer_at_freenet.de>
Cc: <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: vmd-l: Shutter glasses on VMD

>I thought this shutter glasses worked only under Windows (mainly because
> of the drivers). I read a few years ago there was a workaround only for
> Quadro series. Could you please give more details about your hardware and
> the tweaks you had to apply under linux?
> Best regards
> Cesar
>
>> Dear Cesar,
>>
>> in october I bought some eDimensional shutter-glasses at eBay (Price 50
>> Euro). But they didn't worked with my ATI Radeon.
>> Then I bought for 50 Euro a NVIDIA Quadro GLX at eBay too.
>> Now, it works very well. You have to install the drivers and change your
>> glxinfo at linux and voila - fine 3D-graphic at VMD, pymol und other
>> applications.
>>
>> But, if you have a nvidia card you can buy the cheaper version for 18
>> Euro
>> (wired). E.g. look at this page http://www.razor3d.de/3d_pc.asp.
>>
>> kind regards
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> Robert Kretschmer
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cesar Avila" <cavila_at_fbqf.unt.edu.ar>
>> To: <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 7:14 PM
>> Subject: vmd-l: Shutter glasses on VMD
>>
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> Has anyone tried the cheap shutter glasses available on the market (like
>>> the ones from eDimensional or 3DMultimediaSystems) with VMD lately? I
>>> found a post on 2003 mentioning there were still some problems with
>>> drivers. Several years later does this problem still exist?
>>> Regards
>>> Cesar Avila
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>