From: lawrence bertoldi (lberto++at++md.prestige.net)
Date: 10/22/2001 10:47:23
So Which graphic cards and driver rev are you both using?
See Ya ~;-}>
leb.
Allan Schaffer wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> Ken Lindsay wrote:
> > We just got an SGI graphics cluster (very cool machine)
> > but cannot get cfly to run unless it is set to -m 0
> > (PFMP_APPCULLDRAW), so no multiprocessing. This may be
> > the source of the frame glitches we're getting as well.
>
> We've been having a look into this from our side also (the support
> folks let us know about it) but haven't identified the cause yet.
> [Let's keep working on this with them]
> Other cluster systems aren't having the problem you've seen.
>
> As far as what to expect, multi-process operation is functional &
> fast in Performer 2.4 (and 2.4.2, the version that ships with the
> cluster), and there shouldn't be any unusual glitches (though
> town.perfly is fill-heavy, certain views do stress the gfx card); we
> think that once we figure out the underlying problem these symptoms
> should go away.
>
> > And, for those of you who don't need IRIX, I highly
> > recommend the cluster. so far.
>
> Thanks. And don't worry we'll keep it that way. :-)
>
> Allan
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