[chimera-dev] stereo: Linux, nvidia Quadro FX 5600

[Randy Heiland]

Just thought I'd add to this thread, in hopes that it may save others  
some time...

On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:22 AM, John Matthews wrote:

> Hello Randy,
>
> Unfortunately, the CE3s are not compatible with the new 120Hz LCDs
> from Viewsonic and Samsung.  We are currently looking at a few
> possible solutions.  When we have something, we'll post it on our
> website.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> John Matthews | Sr. Engineer
> RealD
> 5335 Sterling Drive
> Boulder, CO 80301
> (P) 303.545.5843 x121  |  (F) 303.448.9573 | jmatthews at reald.com
> www.reald.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Heiland [mailto:heiland at indiana.edu]
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 9:19 AM
> To: Real D Support
> Cc: Heiland Randy
> Subject: CrystalEyes and Viewsonic FuHzion
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to know if the CrystalEyes (CE-3) should work with the
> Viewsonic Fuhzion (120Hz) monitor?  Just looking at the monitor thru
> them, it is very dark.  Running glxgears in stereo does not work.
>
> If they should indeed work, then perhaps I need a different nvidia
> driver.
>
> Linux-x86_64
> nvidia driver version:  180.29
> GPU 0 (Quadro FX 5600)
>
> thanks,  Randy Heiland


On Apr 17, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Greg Couch wrote:

> I don't remember how we configured our Linux machine for stereo, but  
> the
> alternative to using the GUI to configure the X server for stereo,  
> is to
> read the documentation that came with the NVidia driver in
> /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt and configure xorg.conf  
> with a
> text editor.  Look in "Appendix D. X Config Options" for the  
> "Stereo" and
> "AllowDFPStereo" options.
>
> 	Good luck,
>
> 	Greg
>
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Randy Heiland wrote:
>
>> Hello again gang,
>>
>> I'm guessing someone there can help me get past this - I know Greg  
>> has
>> offered advice elsewhere.
>>
>> My subject line says it all - I want to get stereo working on this
>> machine.  Trying something more basic than chimera:
>>
>> $ glxgears -stereo
>> Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered, Stereo visual
>>
>> $ glxinfo -v|grep stereo
>>    bufferSize=32 level=0 renderType=rgba doubleBuffer=1 stereo=0
>>    bufferSize=32 level=0 renderType=rgba doubleBuffer=1 stereo=0
>> ...
>>
>> It's not obvious to me where/how one enables stereo via  System- 
>> >Prefs-
>>> More Prefs->nvidia x server settings
>>
>> The specs:
>> Linux-x86_64
>> nvidia driver version:  180.29
>>
>> GPU 0 (Quadro FX 5600)
>> mem 1536 MB
>> PCI Express 16x
>> X screens: Screen 0
>> Display: Apple Cinema HDDisplay (DFP-1)
>>
>> GPU 1 (Quadro NVS 290)
>> 256 MB
>> PCI Express 16x
>> X screens: none
>> Display: none
>>
>> with an Apple 30" Cinema HDDisplay currently attached (and a  
>> ViewSonic
>> Fuhzion, 120Hz as something else to experiment with).  Currently have
>> CrystalEyes.
>>
>> I'd welcome any advice you might have.
>> thanks, Randy
>>
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