Dear David: I don't know if anyone answered this, but I think for #1 you need to issue the command
defaults write com.apple.x11 enable_stereo -bool true For #2, I think the latest X11 from here works ok, but I don't actually have a way to check it: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki HTH, Bill On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:10 PM, David Bruce McKay <david.mc...@colorado.edu > wrote: > Two questions RE hardware (dual images on CRT monitor, 3-D with stereo > glasses) stereo on a Macintosh. > > 1 We have a configuration: > > Mac dual Intel processors OS 10.4.11 > NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card > X11 version 1.1.3 > > It runs hardware stereo in O and Pymol , which don't require an X-window > terminal, and will do side-by-side stereo in Coot run from an X11 window, > but when we try to do hardware stereo, we get message, "This computer > appears not to be able to do hardware stereo". This must have a simple fix, > but I haven't found it. > > 2. Is there a combination of Mac OS 10.5.x and Xquartz 2.x.x that does > hardware stereo reliably? > > > > > Dave McKay > Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry > University of Colorado, Boulder > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- William G. Scott contact info: http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott Please reply to: wgsc...@chemistry.ucsc.edu