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Subject: Re: Zalman monitor on Linux and Coot
From: Ajit Datta adatta4 {- at -} JHMI {- dot -} EDU
Date: 2009-11-05

Thanks to everyone for updating me on this topic. In fact I also later found that my Coot installation (as well as pymol) has a Zalman stereo option under stereo. In fact what I was wondering if I need any special driver for the Zalman monitor under linux.

Thanks Paul, for your tweaking suggestions to make things better. I would definitely try them once I get my monitor.

Anyway, once my monitor arrives I might have more questions to ask.

Thanks again to all,

Ajit B.

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Emsley
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 2:09 pm
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Zalman monitor on Linux and Coot
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

> I should add that I have only seen Joel Bard's Zalman monitor briefly.
>
> We tweaked the settings a bit to improve the representation in the
> following way:
>
> 1) use nvidia-settings to override application anti-aliasing - crank
> it
> up to 16x if you have a good graphics card
>
> 2) add to ~/.coot file (or otherwise initialise coot with):
> (set-map-line-width 2)
>
> After that, it looked quite good (I thought).
>
> For the record, I do not think that Coot questions are off-topic on
> ccp4bb. Having said that, you might like to fine-tune your audience by
>
> posting to the Coot list (see the Coot Web page for details).
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> Anastassis Perrakis wrote:
> > The Zalman defeats these with a very smart trick. We got out first
>
> > one, and it's really very good, albeit not perfect in some details.
>
> > Pymol and Coot worked just like that with it.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On 4 Nov 2009, at 19:26, Justin Hall wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hi Ajit;
> >>
> >> One of our CRT monitors broke recently, and in the context of
> >> bemoaning the loss to a friend I was told that LCD monitors will not
> >> work for stereo viewing. I understood the reason to be related to the
> >> difference in refresh rates (?), with LCD's not being fast enough so
> >> that the viewer is left seeing ghosts. The effect, which I have not
> >> seen first hand, was described to me as capable of making most hapless
> >> stereo viewers very ill, very fast. I would encourage you to plumb
> the
> >> depths of knowledge on this subject further, but that is my simple
> >> understanding.
> >>
> >> Best wishes~
> >>
> >> ~Justin
> >>
> >> Quoting Ajit Datta :
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hello everyone,
> >>> Sorry for a non-CCP4 related question again. Can anyone let me
> >>> know how to make stereo work on linux with Zalman monitor with Coot?
> >>> Is it as simple as what we do with CRT monitors? Or do we need
> >>> something else? We presently use CRT monitors on a Quadro FX 4600
> >>> graphics card. I would like to move to LCDs.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for all inputs
> >>>
> >>> Ajit B.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>

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