Re: [Update REQ 5961]: Geomview problems

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> We are having problems running geomview version 1.4.1 on our recently 
> purchased Silicon Graphics Indigo2 Impact workstation running IRIX5.3.
> - Geomview is running extremely slow.
> - Mouse interaction is not working properly (unable to rotate, 
> translate, etc. image)

You should get the OpenGL version of Geomview; Impact machines run
OpenGL programs much faster than they do IrisGL, and Geomview 1.4.1
uses IrisGL.  The relevant file to pick up is

  ftp.geom.umn.edu:pub/software/geomview/geomview-opengl-irix5.tar.Z

This has a different user interface from version 1.4.1, but the
functionality is the same.  And it should run much faster on
your Impact machine.

In general, the file

  ftp.geom.umn.edu:pub/software/geomview/README

lists all the available Geomview distributions and explains which
run best on which kinds of machines.


Mark Phillips
Geometry Center