[Paraview] Maximize ParaView across 3 monitors; NVIDIA

[David Zemon]

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.

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 
> <mailto: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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