[Chimera-users] Problem of Launching Chimera Remotely on a Mac

[Miguel Ortiz Lombardía]

Hi Tom,

I'm very sad to learn about the announced death of X windows remote
display after so many years. I have never had problems using OpenGL on
remote X windows when communicating between Linux machines. Anyway, IMO
remote desktop sharing is not an option with OSX machines : far too slow
and very low quality. Unless you know of an option other than the remote
desktop service shipped with OSX, which I would be very interested in.

With best regards,

Miguel Ortiz Lombardía

Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (UMR7257)
CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université
Case 932, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France
Tel: +33(0) 491 82 86 44
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mailto:miguel.ortiz-lombardia at afmb.univ-mrs.fr
http://www.afmb.univ-mrs.fr/Miguel-Ortiz-Lombardia

Le 04/12/13 18:46, Tom Goddard a écrit :
> Hi Andy,
> 
>   Your error message means the two machines you are using cannot
> remotely display OpenGL using X windows because of incompatible graphics
> drivers.  It has nothing to do with Chimera.  Specifically the error
> says the NV-GLX (nvidia glx) extension is missing on the server.  X
> windows remote display is a nearly dead technology, poorly supported,
> only in rare cases does the OpenGL work.  Why are you trying to do this
> instead of using a modern desktop sharing protocol?
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:10 PM, Anindito Sen  wrote:
> 
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am having difficulty to launch Chimera remotely with the following
>> Error message on my Mac. I understand that the current OS X (version
>> 10.8.5) and the latest Xcode has some issues and cannot handle the
>> process ?! 
>>
>> Is there a way out of this ?
>>
>> Thanks and Best Wishes
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> [andy@****** ~]$ chimera
>> Xlib:  extension "NV-GLX" missing on display "localhost:15.0".
>> Xlib:  extension "NV-GLX" missing on display "localhost:15.0".
>> X Error of failed request:  GLXBadCurrentWindow
>>   Major opcode of failed request:  149 (GLX)
>>   Minor opcode of failed request:  5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
>>   Serial number of failed request:  1354
>>   Current serial number in output stream:  1354
>>
>>  
>> *
>>> *Dr. Anindito Sen (Ph.D)*
>>> *Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy*
>>> *Graduate School of Medicine*
>>> *University of Tokyo*
>>> *Tel & fax: +81-3-5841-3339*
>> *
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