3D Viewer on 64-bit system

Posted by Richard Kollmar on Jun 09, 2009; 2:09am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/3D-Viewer-on-64-bit-system-tp3692178.html

Dear All:

I am having trouble getting the ImageJ 3D Viewer to work in a 64-bit  
environment. The plugin works beautifully in various 32-bit  
environments (Windows XP, OS X Leopard, or Ubuntu), but I have large  
image stacks and need more memory. Also, the plugin worked fine with  
these stacks on someone else's computer under 64-bit Vista, but I  
don't have access to that setup anymore. I run it from Fiji, so Java3D  
etc. should be installed properly.

I'd be most grateful for suggestions, especially if someone has this  
plugin running in a similar environment:
- Motherboard Intel D975XBX "BadAxe"
- Processor Intel Core 2 Duo
- Memory 8 GB RAM
- Graphics Card ATI FireGL V5200

64-bit operating systems I have tried:

- Windows 7 RC with built-in FireGL driver (no Windows 7 drivers from  
ATI yet): plugin opens and processes the stack (judging from the  
progress bar), but fails to display an image in the plugin window  
within a reasonable time frame. The task manger suggests that it is  
frozen.

- Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope: no OpenGL-capable driver available  
(ATI dropped support for the V5200, the open-source drivers aren't 3D-
capable, and older ATI drivers are incompatible).

- Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex: plugin processes the stack; displays an  
image that can be rotated, translated, etc.; exports .obj files.  
However, clicking on the plugin's menu bar causes the image to be  
blanked out; while animation is running, the dropdown menus flicker on  
and off; and recording a 360deg rotation gives mostly blank frames.

- My Macs max out at 1-2 GB RAM, so 64-bit OS X is not an option.

Based on googling and the occasional error message, I suspect that the  
graphics-card driver has an OpenGL or Java3D problem. However, I have  
not found any specific suggestions, and both graphics drivers and Java  
are an enigma to me.

Since the plugin works under 64-bit Vista, I could buy a license;  
however, I don't want to spend a couple hundred dollars to find out  
that this particular graphics card doesn't work, and I have not other  
use for Vista.

Thanks for any help or troubleshooting ideas,

Richard
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Richard Kollmar, Ph.D.
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Dpt. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and
    Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
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