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 16:36:19 -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
    >
    > 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

    xorg.conf or XF86.conf?? and todays date.

    the xorg.cong has it as "nvidia" but the XF82.conf has "nv" in it

    PeterB

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