Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:26:23 -0500 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: nvidia working? Message-ID: <20080114152623.lnpqtvs0g880kogo@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <478BC29D.8030806@chuckr.org> References: <478BC29D.8030806@chuckr.org>
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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. JN
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