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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 21:14:55 CDT

Hi Steve,
  What type of stereo system are you going to use with the Linux
machine? The NVidia Linux drivers do not (yet) support quad-buffered
stereoscopic display, but if you run the card in a 24-bit or 32-bit color
display mode, you should be able to use it with the Eye3D stereo glasses.
(the 24/32-bit color modes provide stencil buffers which are needed for
 the Eye3D style stereo...) Once you've got the card running with a
stencil buffer, getting the Eye3D glasses to work is easy. If you're
using some other stereo equipment, that will be a bit more tricky.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 04:49:27PM -0700, Steve Chen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After installing the NVidia drivers on our RedHat 7.3 system,
> vmd (OpenGL version) is now up and running. However, "Multisample
> antialiasing buffer" and "Stereo in a window" are NOT available.
> Any suggestions on how to resolve them?
>
> For "Stereo", I believe I need to crank up the horizontal sync rate.
> Anyone know how to do this? (/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 doesn't seem to
> have any Modeline entries.)
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
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