Problems with COOT and Pymol stereo

From: Elias Fernandez
Date: 8 February 2012 19:42

Dear CCP4ers,

I'd purchased a stereo monitor from Sharper Technology with a Planar SA2311W stereo 3D LCD and the Nvidia 3D vision kit. However, I'm having a problem with the dual monitor setup.  Everything works fine with Pymol and Coot when using a single 3D capable monitor (Planar SA2311W) and NVIDIA 3D Vision system (Quadro 4000).  However, whenever I plug in the second monitor the 3D image (Coot and Pymol) becomes unstable (jittery – the molecule actually starts jiggling).

Oddly, I don't have the same problem with the example stereo pictures and movies the company sends along.

I'm using the MS Windows platform and I use the 2^nd monitor for simultaneous word-processing etc.

Any ideas for fixes?

Best,

Elias