Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (905 mails)

[Michael Riess <riessmi@xxxxxx>]

Joachim Reichelt schrieb:
> Andreas Vetter schrieb:
> > On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> >
> >   
> > > * Fred Miller<fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  [06-19-08 22:43]:
> > >     
> > > > Does anyone have a sage advice on getting the nvidia drivers to work
> > > > properly? I added the site in the "community sites" added in Yast, but
> > > > neither of the official nvidia drivers provide 3d.
> > > >        
> > > and you *know* this how?
> > >
> > > 1. Historically the nvidia drivers have denied to show 3d availability.
> > > 2. grep -i nv /ect/X11/xorg.conf
> > >           if result is nvidia, nvidia *is* installed
> > > 3. open a text window and run: glxgears.
> > >           if it runs you have 3d.
> > >      
> >
> > Well, glxgears also works with software 3d. You have to start it from a
> > terminal window and compare the fps written there before and after
> > installation of nvidia driver. The fps depends on hardware, but 
> > usually it
> > increases from under 500 to over 1000.
> >
> >    
> glxinfo is the tool you shoud use
> A short list: mesa
> A really long list nvidi
> And look at the first ~10 lines!

what about:
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version

if it is not available: no nvidia driver


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx