[Paraview] Maximize ParaView across 3 monitors; NVIDIA

[Aashish Chaudhary]

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:38 PM, David Zemon <david.zemon at 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.zemon at 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
>>
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