[Chimera-users] Problem with Nvidia Quadro FX 880M and Stereocopic view

[Sabuj Pattanayek]

also see : http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Stereo_3D_Display_Options#NVidia_NVision_3D_Setup
. It has some instructions on how to setup 3d vision on windows.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek <sabujp at gmail.com> wrote:
> IIRC there's an option in the windows nvidia configuration utility
> that enables and disables nvidia 3d vision. I assume that's the setup
> you're trying to use, so check that to see if it's enabled or
> disabled.
>
> 2011/2/23 Veli-Pekka Kestilä <veli-pekka.kestila at helsinki.fi>:
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> On 2/22/11 8:12 PM, Tom Goddard wrote:
>>> Hi Veli-Pekka,
>>>
>>> This is either a driver configuration problem or driver limitation or
>>> driver bug. Your driver is from Oct 2010 and there are newer ones. The
>>> following 266.58 driver was released Jan 18, 2011 and the notes say it
>>> adds support for various "3d vision notebooks". Maybe the new driver is
>>> needed.
>>>
>>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-266.58-whql-driver.html
>>
>> I installed back the newest driver and problem still persist. So it's
>> problem either with driver or the card.
>> 880M isn't very high end on the Quadro Cards.
>>
>>> If it is a driver configuration problem, I don't know about that. Our
>>> expert on stereo and Windows is on vacation this week but can advise you
>>> next week.
>>
>> Seems that I will be waiting for that. Thank you for your reply. And
>> hope to hear from you next week.
>>
>> -vpk
>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have problem with Nvidia Quadro FX 880M and Stereoscopic view. When I
>>>> switch the stereoscopic view on in Chimera it gives me following error:
>>>>
>>>> stereo viewing (Unable to find hardware stereo support
>>>> (couldn't choose pixel format
>>>> Couldn't configure togl widget)).
>>>>
>>>> I have installed the Quadro drivers version 259.57 in Windows 7 64bit.
>>>> And separate 3D driver for Quadro.
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>> Veli-Pekka Kestilä
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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