Chris,
I don't know much about MACs, but on Linux you can have a look at
/var/log/xorg.?.log or some similar log file. Take a look at the
equivalent log file. May be there is some clue as to why the emitter
won't work. Looks to me like a driver issue.
Good luck,
Carsten
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Richardson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 6:49 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [PyMOL] Stereo issues on Mac Pro with Quadro FX 4800
>
> Dear All,
>
> I'm trying to get stereo working in PyMOL with the following setup:
>
> - Mac Pro (early 2010, MacPro 5,1) running 10.6.4
> - Quadro FX 4800 for Mac
> - nVidia drivers Retail_256.00.05a23
> - nVidia Pro emitter and glasses set connected by DIN and USB cables
> - ViewSonic Fuhzion VX2268WM, refresh 120Hz
> - MacPyMOL incentive product
>
> The monitor, emitter and glasses are known to work when attached to a
> Linux desktop.
>
> PyMOL runs, and displays the sort of image you'd expect for working
> stereo. However, the emitter continues to flash red rather than
> going green. On the console, PyMOL displays
>
> OpenGL graphics engine:
> GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
> GL_RENDERER: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 OpenGL Engine
> GL_VERSION: 2.1 NVIDIA-1.6.21
> Adapting to Quadro hardware.
> Detected 16 CPU cores. Enabled multithreaded rendering.
> OpenGL quad-buffer stereo 3D detected and enabled.
>
> Can someone with experience of this setup suggest a way around these
> problems? nVidia's support seems to have only a tenuous appreciation
> of the existence of the Mac platform. The 4800 is quite* expensive,
> so I'm keen to get this working.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> * For "quite", read "cripplingly"
>
>
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