3D Vision emitter blinking red w/ Linux
I've got a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (6.1) workstation with two Quadro 5000 cards and the nvidia driver version 270.41.19.

The 3D Vision IR emitter is plugged in to both a video card and a USB port, but the blinking light on the emitter is still red. What do I do to diagnose this problem?

Here's my dmesg output when I plug it in:

[code]usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0955, idProduct=0007
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-1: Product: NVIDIA stereo controller
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Copyright (c) 2008 NVIDIA Corporation
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice[/code]

Any help would be appreciated!
I've got a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (6.1) workstation with two Quadro 5000 cards and the nvidia driver version 270.41.19.



The 3D Vision IR emitter is plugged in to both a video card and a USB port, but the blinking light on the emitter is still red. What do I do to diagnose this problem?



Here's my dmesg output when I plug it in:



usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5

usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0955, idProduct=0007

usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0

usb 1-1: Product: NVIDIA stereo controller

usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Copyright (c) 2008 NVIDIA Corporation

usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice




Any help would be appreciated!

#1
Posted 05/29/2011 08:05 PM   
Could of sworn only works in vista/7.
Could of sworn only works in vista/7.

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#2
Posted 05/29/2011 08:26 PM   
[quote name='eqzitara' date='29 May 2011 - 03:26 PM' timestamp='1306700769' post='1244045']
Could of sworn only works in vista/7.
[/quote]

According to /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt which came with my drivers, There's a stereo option that needs to be correctly set to make it work. So I assume NVidia has made it work somewhere.
[quote name='eqzitara' date='29 May 2011 - 03:26 PM' timestamp='1306700769' post='1244045']

Could of sworn only works in vista/7.





According to /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt which came with my drivers, There's a stereo option that needs to be correctly set to make it work. So I assume NVidia has made it work somewhere.

#3
Posted 05/30/2011 01:11 PM   
Well, the [url=http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_pro_graphics_boards_linux.html]web page[/url] just says to read the readme. You already did that.

Do you know what the USB port version is? Have you tried plugging into other USB ports on the workstation?
Well, the web page just says to read the readme. You already did that.



Do you know what the USB port version is? Have you tried plugging into other USB ports on the workstation?

#4
Posted 05/30/2011 01:19 PM   
[quote name='Zloth' date='30 May 2011 - 08:19 AM' timestamp='1306761546' post='1244315']
Do you know what the USB port version is? Have you tried plugging into other USB ports on the workstation?[/quote]

You mean like USB 2.0? That's what the "high speed USB" meant, right?

I have just tried plugging the device into another USB port and even tried rebooting with it in another port. /etc/X11/xorg.conf has the following:

[code]Section "Screen"
#...SNIP...
Option "Stereo" "10"
EndSection[/code]

I'll keep trying to play with the configuration.
[quote name='Zloth' date='30 May 2011 - 08:19 AM' timestamp='1306761546' post='1244315']

Do you know what the USB port version is? Have you tried plugging into other USB ports on the workstation?



You mean like USB 2.0? That's what the "high speed USB" meant, right?



I have just tried plugging the device into another USB port and even tried rebooting with it in another port. /etc/X11/xorg.conf has the following:



Section "Screen"

#...SNIP...

Option "Stereo" "10"

EndSection




I'll keep trying to play with the configuration.

#5
Posted 05/31/2011 01:57 PM   
And, yes, I have the 3-pin stereo connector connected to the Quadro card.
And, yes, I have the 3-pin stereo connector connected to the Quadro card.

#6
Posted 06/01/2011 01:23 PM   
Adding these lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf made the light turn dull green:
[code]Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "off"
EndSection[/code]
Still not a bright light. But I made progress!
Adding these lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf made the light turn dull green:

Section "Extensions"

Option "Composite" "off"

EndSection


Still not a bright light. But I made progress!

#7
Posted 06/01/2011 02:25 PM   
[quote name='Hal_Canary' date='01 June 2011 - 09:25 AM' timestamp='1306938359' post='1245425']
Still not a bright light.
[/quote]

I have tried running applications in stereo mode, such as
[code]glxgears -stereo[/code]
or
[code]paraview --stereo --stereo-type="Crystal Eyes"[/code]

In either case, the screen is showing a double image as expected. The emitter is still a dull green, not the bright green it is supposed to change to When I put on the shutter glasses, nothing happens. They are not shuttering and talking to the emitter. The glasses seem to have power (the green LED comes on when I hit the button).

What am I missing?
[quote name='Hal_Canary' date='01 June 2011 - 09:25 AM' timestamp='1306938359' post='1245425']

Still not a bright light.





I have tried running applications in stereo mode, such as

glxgears -stereo


or

paraview --stereo --stereo-type="Crystal Eyes"




In either case, the screen is showing a double image as expected. The emitter is still a dull green, not the bright green it is supposed to change to When I put on the shutter glasses, nothing happens. They are not shuttering and talking to the emitter. The glasses seem to have power (the green LED comes on when I hit the button).



What am I missing?

#8
Posted 06/01/2011 03:39 PM   
I have fixed the problem! It turned out that it was a bad wire. one of
the pins in the 3-pin stereo connector was bent. We swapped it out and
it worked perfectly.
I have fixed the problem! It turned out that it was a bad wire. one of

the pins in the 3-pin stereo connector was bent. We swapped it out and

it worked perfectly.

#9
Posted 06/03/2011 07:31 PM   
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