[Chimera-users] Running Chimera on X server

[Greg Couch]

I'm curious why you thought it would be fast?  Running Chimera remotely 
is a recipe for slow interaction.  Chimera works best when it is running 
locally on your computer (and not in a virtual machine) and the data is 
on your computer.  That also avoids any graphics driver differences 
between the remote server and your local workstation that cause bugs.  
Running Chimera locally on your computer would probably fix your movie 
making issues too.

That said,  it is possible to make the remote use of Chimera less slow.  
   If the remote server has a discrete graphics card and the 
corresponding graphics driver installed, ask the remote system 
administrator to install virtualgl.  Virtualgl does the 3D graphics on 
the server and copies an image back to your computer. The interaction 
will still be slow unless both the remote server and your computer are 
on the same local network, but it can make it more usable.

     HTH,

     Greg

On 10/25/2020 7:57 PM, Ahmad Khalifa wrote:
> The refresh rate of Chimera running on a linux server is very slow. 
> I'm connected to the server with an ssh client with X server.  I 
> wonder if it's because Chimera is not configured properly or possibly 
> the X server. I also tried to make some movies but they are always 
> blank (black screen). Any suggestions?
>
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