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[Brad Bourn <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

you can also check /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status to see what speed and or if 
agp is being used.

B-)



On Monday 27 June 2005 08:24 am, Jonathan Brooks wrote:
> 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"
>
> --
> Jonathan Brooks (Ph.D.)
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