Re: [SLE] Nvidia splash screen?

From: Jonathan Brooks (jonathan.brooks_at_human-anatomy.oxford.ac.uk)
Date: 06/27/05

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    Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:24:48 +0100
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    Hi Silviu,

    Thanks for the info - direct rendering = YES!
    So I guess that glxgears will always load the CPU, even if the Nvidia
    drivers are installed correctly? Or is there something else that I need
    to check? E.g. hardware accelerated OpenGL?

    Cheers, Jon.

    Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
    > On Monday 27 June 2005 16:11, Jonathan Brooks wrote:
    >
    >
    >>What is the definitive test for whether things are installed and running
    >>correctly? How do I "switch" the system such that it uses NVidia's glx
    >>rather than Mesa/freeglut?
    >
    >
    > KDE Lauch/System/Monitor/OpenGL or corresponding menu entry in Gnome.
    >
    > or run "glxinfo" as root and see if you have "direct rendering Yes"
    >
    >
    > 

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