Stereo: Difference between revisions
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				 More specifics about compatible Quadro cards, O, and OS X  | 
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Some of the Quadro cards support stereo. The cards that have an output called "stereo" under "Display Connectors" listed at [http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_11761.html Nvidia's Quadro overview page] have a 3-pin DIN outlet that fits with NuVision or [http://www.reald-corporate.com/scientific CrystalEyes] stereo glasses.  | |||
For stereo, the xorg.conf might need the following lines  | For stereo, the xorg.conf might need the following lines  | ||
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           Option     "Composite" "Disable"  |            Option     "Composite" "Disable"  | ||
         EndSection  |          EndSection  | ||
if the X log file (e.g. at /var/log/Xorg.0.log) says that stereo is not supported by composite  | if the X log file (e.g. at /var/log/Xorg.0.log) says that stereo is not supported by composite.  | ||
Another option that will be required in xorg.conf by programs running stereo is  | |||
     Section "Device"  | |||
       Driver      "nvidia"  | |||
       Option      "Stereo" "3"  | |||
==Ono==  | |||
You also need to set the environment variable STEREO for the stereo to work properly in ono:  | |||
setenv STEREO on (tcsh)  | |||
STEREO = on; export STEREO (bash)  | |||
[http://dbb.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/wedekind/Wedekind-Lab/X-ray%20Lab/Methods/Nvidia-ONO.html]  | |||
==Mac OS X==  | |||
The following command needs to be run for Macs to be able to support stereo in X11 programs, such as Coot [http://xanana.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/wiki/index.php/Installing_Coot_on_OS_X] :  | |||
     defaults write com.apple.x11 enable_stereo -bool true  | |||