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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2005 - 15:59:56 CST

Hi,
  You don't need to use VMDPREFERSTEREO on a Sun machine as the Sun machines
don't have the problems that the NVidia cards have. If VMD says "STEREO"
in the startup messages, and the config you listed below is active, then
the only remaining possibility is that you don't have the right kind of
stereo emitter cable, or it is loose, or you forgot to turn on the emitter
itself (turn on the switch on the back side of the emitter). You should be
able to switch VMD to CrystalEyes stereo mode and see the overlapping
left/right eye images if everything else is working right, independent
of the correct functioning of the emitter itself. Have you used this
emitter on any other machine? I know that there were some revisions
of the StereoGraphics emitters that didn't work correctly with Sun XVR-1000
cards for a period of time, I believe that the Sun guys worked around this
with an XVR-1000 video driver patch or something, if I recall correctly.
Try swapping that emitter with a different one and see if the problem
persists or not. You may need to make sure you've got the latest OpenGL
patches on your Sun machine if it turns out that the emitter doesn't like
the signal it is getting.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 01:42:31PM -0800, Harindar Keer wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I did as you suggested, but still I don't see the light coming out of
> the emitter, on starting the VMD I do see STEREO mentioned in the OpenGL
> featuers. I have also set VMDPREFERSTEREO=1.
> following is output of
> # fbconfig -dev gfb0 -propt
>
> --- OpenWindows Configuration for /dev/fbs/gfb0 ---
>
> OWconfig File: machine
>
> Video:
> Resolution: SUNW_STEREO_1280x1024x112
> Port (a): 13W3
> Port (b): auto
>
> Multisample:
> Samples Per Pixel: max
> Allocation Model: dynamic
> Application Mode: enable
>
> Screen:
> Doublewide: disable
> Doublehigh: disable
> Active Stream: auto
> Offset/Overlap: [0, 0]
> Clearpixel Value: 255
> Gamma Correction Value: 2.22
>
> Framelock:
> Framelock/Stereo Port: Output from Stream A
> Stream A Sync: Free Run (no frame sync)
> Stream B Sync: Free Run (no frame sync)
>
> Once again thanks for your help.
>
> -Harindar
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 07:44, John Stone wrote:
> > Harindar,
> > Make sure you've got the XVR-1000 set to a stereo-capable video mode,
> > like one of these:
> > fbconfig -dev gfb0 -res SUNW_STEREO_1280x1024x112
> > fbconfig -dev gfb0 -res SUNW_STEREO_1280x1024x96
> > fbconfig -dev gfb0 -res SUNW_STEREO_1024x768x96
> >
> > Once you've set the video mode, you'll need to restart X by logging out
> > and logging back in. From there, you should be able to run VMD,
> > and when VMD starts you'll see the word "STEREO" in the list of OpenGL
> > features it found. If that works out well, then once you start VMD
> > you should see the emitter light come on, and you can enable stereo in
> > VMD by selecting Display->Stereo->CrystalEyes from the main VMD menus.
> >
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 01:09:37PM -0800, Harindar Keer wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am trying to get started stereo visualization in VMD.
> > > I have CrystalEye glasses and E2SUN emitter. On connecting with
> > > SUN Blade1000, graphic card XVR1000, the emitter doesn't seem to get
> > > activated. Can somebody suggest what should I do in order to activate
> > > the emitter.
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Harindar 

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