its a shot in the dark, but you could try updating the mac with XQuartz, which seems to be much better for X stuff than the default X installation. doing so is a necessity for running freesurfer locally on the mac:
https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/MacTksurfer that page fixes a different issue, but its X related. also, on the linux machine, make sure the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has Load "glx" in the Section "Module" n. On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 11:52 -0400, Satrajit Ghosh wrote: > thanks nick. > > > tried with 5.1.0 same issue. here is the output from glxgears. > > > $ glxgears > Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual > > > i am beginning to suspect it as a driver issue. > > > cheers, > > satra > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Nick Schmansky > <ni...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote: > i'm able to replicate what you see on my mac (leopard, w/ > XQuartz) > connecting via ssh -Y to a linux machine and running fs > v5.0.0. > however, freeview works in this setup using fs 5.1.0. the > change > between version is that freeview now uses Qt (instead of Wx). > can you > switch to v5.1.0? or copy the freeview from 5.1.0 to your > 5.0.0 > installation? you would need to copy: > > freesurfer/lib/qt > freesurfer/bin/freeview > freesurfer/bin/freeview.bin > freesurver/bin/qt_setup.csh > > n. > > > > > On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 20:40 -0400, Satrajit Ghosh wrote: > > hi, > > > > > > we are seeing a strange freeview issue at mit and just > wanted to check > > if anybody else has seen this. we are running natty narwhal > (ubuntu > > 11.04). > > > > > > details here: > > > > > > https://github.com/gablab/mindhive/issues/1 > > > > > > cheers, > > > > satra > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freesurfer mailing list > > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person > to whom it is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error > and the e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners > Compliance HelpLine at > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was > sent to you in error > but does not contain patient information, please contact the > sender and properly > dispose of the e-mail. > > > > _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer
