[Vis5d-users] Re: Vis5d UNIX -> X-server on PC/Windows?

Hi,

We had recently encountered the dreaded GLX error on our PCs running Exceed
6.0 (with vis5D hosted by an SGI machine), and even with Exceed3D loaded in.
However, once we upgraded to Exceed 6.2 (that is, the latest version)
everything worked smoothly. So, the fine folks at Exceed must have fixed
something, that wasn't allowing proper emulation for SGI hosts. Anyway,
vis5D now operates fine and fast through our PCs running Exceed/Exceed3D

But here's the really neat part: our PCs have stereo-equipped graphics cards
installed (as of last year you could get such a card for ~$100). It turns
out we can run the *stereo* version of vis5D on our SGI, and do stereo
(shutteglass) visualization through the local network with our X-emulating
PCs. This seems the best of both worlds to me, in terms of cheap immersive
visualization.

-Al Hermann

Conrad J Poelman wrote:

> I know that there is a version of Vis5d that compiles under Windows, but
> has anyone successfully run Vis5d on a UNIX machine but set the DISPLAY
> environment variable to a PC/Windows machine running an X-server? I know
> that the X-server needs to support the GLX extensions. Under Labtam's
> X-WinPro I get the same message that Jose Pereira reported:
> > Error: couldn't get RGB, Double-Buffered, Depth-Buffered GLX visual!
> Using Hummingburd's Exceed and an older 8MB PCI graphics card, I got
> "out-of-memory" error messages. After upgrading the video card, I get no
> error messages and Vis5d starts up the two windows, but the graphics
> display window remains completely black all the time.
>
> Any experiences or thoughts?
>
> Thank you,
>
> -- Conrad
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