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Re: [SLE] Is there a DEFINATIVE way to know if nvidia 3D is ON?
  • From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:05:19 +0100
  • Message-id: <200411302305.19442.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
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"

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