Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:31:28 -0500 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: nvidia working? Message-ID: <478E3F70.8010106@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <20080114152623.lnpqtvs0g880kogo@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> References: <478BC29D.8030806@chuckr.org> <20080114152623.lnpqtvs0g880kogo@newwebmail.jnielsen.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Nielsen wrote: > Quoting Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org>: >> I was wondering ... I have (I think) nvidia working on my box, or at >> least, I am calling out the nvidia driver in the xorg.conf, but I was >> wondering if there is any program that only works with the nvidia >> hardware, some way I can absolutely prove that I have the real nvidia >> card working here? Before I had it working, I was using the vesa >> driver, and most things look exactly the same, and if I could fine some >> program that shows the 8600GTS's abilities, I would sure like that. > > btw -questions would probably have been a better forum for this question > than -hackers. > > The most straightforward approach is probably to review the output of > your Xorg log, e.g. /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Output from the nvidia driver > will be prefixed by NVIDIA (rather than VESA or NV if you were using a > different driver). > > There is also x11/nvidia-settings port. It's a control panel of sorts > that will show you nvidia-specific information. In theory it lets you > control some settings as well but personally I've never found it useful > for that. YMMV. Thanks! Looks like I really do finally have that card/driver working right, too. Sure 'preciate the ideas. > > JN > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHjj9wz62J6PPcoOkRAjmBAJ405DDYxex5XhZIXm7X+7OVJghXwwCfWoBp pJ1g1hqT6Vp7AEifghRGx+c= =1XCQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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