Posted by
Benjamin Schmid-2 on
Jun 11, 2009; 6:24pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/3D-Viewer-on-64-bit-system-tp3692178p3692180.html
Hi Richard,
> 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.
Since there are no appropriate drivers for Windows 7 RC and Ubuntu 9.04,
it makes probably not much sense to follow these up further.
So for Ubuntu 8.10, could you post the output of ->Help->Java3D
Properties?
Also, are you using a recent version of the 3D Viewer? I made some
changes regarding animation and recording, which is now already quite
some time ago, but could maybe make a difference.
All in all, I assume you are right that the problem is caused by
the graphics driver. I just did some googling and found some info
about proprietary ATI drivers. In case you haven't seen it, you
might want to give it a try. The firegl v5200 driver for 64bit
was updated very recently, I realized:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspxhttp://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.25.18.htmlI guess that this driver should work on both ubuntu versions.
Best,
Bene