[Chimera-users] How to setup Nvidia 3D Vision on Ubuntu

[Wei Zhang]

Tom,

Thank you for these suggestions. I will look into these options.

Best regards,

Wei

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 8:58 PM Tom Goddard <goddard at sonic.net> wrote:

> Hi Wei,
>
>   I'd suggest using Ubuntu 20.04, the latest Ubuntu, the current Chimera
> 1.14 or daily build will work fine on that.   I am not certain that Quadro
> FX 4800 graphics drivers will be available for Ubuntu 20, probably they
> will be, but you might want to look for that online before proceeding.
> That graphics cards is very old, from 2008.
>
>   The other thing to know is that Nvidia discontinued support for Nvidia
> 3D Vision stereo glasses in 2019
>
> https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4845
>
> meaning those glasses and emitter will no longer work using just the
> current Nvidia graphics driver.  But they claim that there is a separate
> driver for the USB emitter that allows it to work.
>
>
> https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/nv3dvisionusb/390_41/nv3dvisionusb-driver/
>
> I have not tried it.  If you get it to work I'd be interested in hearing
> about it since we have an old Nvidia 3D Vision system.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2020, at 6:41 PM, Wei Zhang <zhangwei at umn.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Hope everything is well.
>
> One university's computer lab recently retired some workstations that were
> used for 3D visualization before. I managed to get a couple workstations
> with the 3D glasses and emitters. But I need to reinstall the operating
> system on those machines.
>
> The graphic card of the workstation is Nvidia Quadro FX4800.
> The emitter is NVIDIA P854.
> The glasses are NVIDIA-P854 and ViewSonic-PGD250.
>
> I plan to install Ubuntu. I am wondering  which version of Ubuntu is
> suitable for using UCSF Chimera. Do we need to install cuda to make it
> work? Do we need to install an older version of Chimera?
>
> Sorry I just sent the message to you to follow the previous chain of
> conversation. Shall I email the chimera-user in the future with such
> questions?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Wei
>
>
>
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