After a bit of work, on-line research (not entirely from the Nvidia site
nor Nvidia documentation), I have modified the Nvidia application
created xorg.conf file to one that actually works: a stereo 3D
application such as UCSF Chimera actually activates the 3D functionality
under SL 6x that works.
Yasha Karant
For reference, below is the content of a working Nvidia driver (not
noveau) xorg.conf (obviously, the specific Nvidia board as well as the
specific 3D display monitor may change):
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 310.32
(buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-01) Mon Jan 14 15:51:51 PST 2013
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Ancor Communications Inc ASUS VG236"
HorizSync 24.0 - 140.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 122.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro 4000"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Option "Stereo" "10"
SubSection "Display"
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "off"
EndSection
On 01/23/2013 08:37 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
We are attempting to get the Nvidia 3D stereoscopic system operational
under x86-64 SL 6x. We have been successful for this in the past using
OpenSuSE and the Nvidia proprietary X11 driver (expunging nouveau) on
the same hardware platform.
The xorg.conf file from the Nvidia application does include the syntax:
Option "Stereo" 10
NVIDIA 3D Vision mode for use with NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses. The NVIDIA
3D Vision infrared emitter must be
connected to a USB port of your computer, and to the 3-pin DIN connector
of a Quadro graphics board (based on
G8xGL or higher GPU) before starting the X server. Hot-plugging the USB
infrared stereo emitter is not yet
supported. Also, 3D Vision Stereo Linux support requires a Linux kernel
built with USB device filesystem (usbfs)
and USB 2.0 support.
End quote Nvidia configuration manual.
Is anyone using this Nvidia system? The emitter is not going "green".
Is there a test application to verify that stereo 3D actual is working?
Note that 2D X-11 is working, including gnome and KDE.
Yasha Karant
