On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:38 PM, David Zemon <david.ze...@mst.edu> wrote:
> I'm looking into X extensions now. > > Thank you for the link to the 590. It's very promising. I dug into their > website a bit more and it looks like 3D Vision Surround is only supported > on Windows. It's good to know it's out there as an option, but hopefully X > extensions will get us going without switching OSes and buying a new card. > Great. Also have a look at this link: http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Using_Multiple_Screens . I forgot all the details but in our setup we have six node cluster each having a independent card and we were able to get it working with x extensions but again it was couple of years ago and I forgot all the details. Thanks > > Thanks, > David > > > On 09/06/2012 11:15 AM, Aashish Chaudhary wrote: > > Hi David, > > I have heard that GTK 590 supports up to three monitors. > > http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-590/features > > There is an alternative via X extensions (with second GPU), it seemed to > work for us couple of years ago but I am not sure the current status of it. > > Thanks, > > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:27 AM, David Zemon <david.ze...@mst.edu> wrote: > >> Software: Ubuntu 12.04.1 running Xfce4 >> Hardware: Microway 1U rack, 1 x NVidia Quadro 5000, 1 x Tesla C2050 >> (access to more teslas), 3 x Dells S500 projectors, 1 x totally awesome >> custom built immersive screen :) >> >> *Goal:* Maximize ParaView across all three monitors for seamless >> integration. >> >> *Problem:* the Quadro 5000 supports only 2 monitors which means we need >> a second GPU. Second GPU means second X screen and, as far as I know, a >> window can not be maximized across two X screens. >> >> *Help:* What are my options for maximizing ParaView across all three >> monitors? >> >> *Known solutions:* The only solution I've found so far is to use an AMD >> card. Two problems with that: 1) the driver setup is supposed to be a real >> PITA, 2) we don't have a FirePro sitting around to try out, so that would >> mean buying one. >> >> I'm open to changing up the software stack if you know of something that >> will work. >> >> Thanks, >> David Zemon >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> >> > > > -- > | Aashish Chaudhary > | R&D Engineer > | Kitware Inc. > | www.kitware.com > > > -- | Aashish Chaudhary | R&D Engineer | Kitware Inc. | www.kitware.com
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