Re: [SLE] Is there a DEFINATIVE way to know if nvidia 3D is ON?
From: Peter B Van Campen (peterb_at_vancampen.org)
Date: 11/30/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:30:26 -0600
On Tuesday 30 November 2004 4:25 pm, Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 November 2004 23:17, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 30 November 2004 4:05 pm, Anders Johansson wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 30 November 2004 22:59, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
> > > > I have seen many times here that "Never mind, 3D is REALLY ON,
> > > > but the system lies, trust me". So, is there a sure-fire way to
> > > > verify that nvidia 3D is really ON?
> > >
> > > Run "glxinfo" as your regular user in a shell, and look for the
> > > line that says
> > >
> > > Direct Rendering
> > >
> > > It should say "Yes" if things are working. In the output you
> > > should also see various references to "NVIDIA Corporation"
> >
> > Hi Anders,
> >
> > YOU says: fetchnvicia.sh downloaded
> >
> > and fetchnvidia.sh "installed"
> >
> > But it never says it ACTUALLY ran it!!!???
>
> In a previous mail today you pointed out that there was a new kernel
> in YOU. Did you install it? If you did you need to run YOU again and
> get the NVIDIA driver
Yes, and yes it did the YOU get nvidia update again. All before I wrote
here.
> When you do, don't bother with sax2, just look at
> /etc/X11/XF86Config, look for a line in Section "Device" that says
>
> Driver "nv"
>
> and change it to
>
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> That should be all you need, then log out, log back in, and try
> glxinfo again. Incidentally, when you log out, you should see the
> nvidia logo flash by as X resets
I'll do that now
PeterB
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