Kalju, 1. Old SGIs have pitiful graphics performance when compared to modern PC graphics cards. You would likely get better results running PyMOL locally on a PC desktop or laptop than on an old SGI workstation.
2. Surfaces are calculated server-side, however, PyMOL was not optimized for client/server setups. set use_display_lists, 1 might help a bit when displaying surfaces and other complex geometries. -- DeLano Scientific LLC Subscriber Support Services mailto:del...@delsci.info "Not yet a PyMOL Subscriber, but want to support the project? Email sa...@delsci.com to quote your lab, school, or employer. Thank you for sponsoring this open-source endeavor!" -WLD > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf > Of Kalju Kahn > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:38 PM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] Using server CPU instead of client GPU? > > Dear PyMOL users, > > We are using an old SGI (O2) classroom for teaching in a > client/server setup in which compute-intensive modeling > programs run on a few fast servers but display on slow SGI > terminals. This works fine with some applications but PyMOL > obviously recognizes SGI OpenGL setup and will use this for > rendering, which makes things rather slow. Is there a way to > redirect PyMOL to use server's CPU for some of the tasks, > such as calculating the surfaces? > > Thanks in advance, > > Kalju > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr. Kalju Kahn > Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of > California, Santa Barbara > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make > your job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on > Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users
