lelkins++at++relay.nswc.navy.mil
Thu, 9 Feb 95 14:42:11 EST
After upgrading an Onyx/RE2 and a Crimson/VGXT to Irix 5.3, I was eager
to try some code posted on this list a while back which uses the X server
to handle some of the stereo functions. The program posted was
'softstereo.c', and it was posted by Ed Millard of SGI on Nov. 15 on last
year (and many thanks to the folks keeping the list archived!). It works
as written on the Crimson/VGXT, but not on the RE2.
On the Crimson the display switches to stereo (and the light on the Crystal
Eyes emitter box comes on), it displays a window, and returns, resetting
the monitor. On the Onyx, the monitor appears to copy the bottom half of
the screen to the top, but it doesn't switch to stereo mode, and it doesn't
return the monitor to the regular mode after it exits. The return codes
printed are the same on both machines.
Interestingly, if I replace the setmonitor(STR_BOT) line with
setmonitor(STR_RECT) on the Onyx, the monitor does go into stereo mode.
However, if I read the man pages correctly, I can't use the X server stuff
this way. The other stereo tests I have tried work fine on the Onyx
(nestedcubes from 4Dgifts, etc.).
Any suggestions would be most appreciated.....
Thanks,
Les Elkins
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