From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 14 20:54:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF72716A420 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:54:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A508613C45A for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:54:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (jn@ns1 [69.55.238.237]) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m0EKQOQV007631; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:26:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: (from www@localhost) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id m0EKQOOS007630; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:26:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.jnielsen.net: www set sender to lists@jnielsen.net using -f Received: from nc-2wac-zop03.wachovia.com (nc-2wac-zop03.wachovia.com [162.111.235.14]) by newwebmail.jnielsen.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:26:23 -0500 Message-ID: <20080114152623.lnpqtvs0g880kogo@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:26:23 -0500 From: John Nielsen To: Chuck Robey References: <478BC29D.8030806@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <478BC29D.8030806@chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.4) / FreeBSD-4.9 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers Subject: Re: nvidia working? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:54:38 -0000 Quoting Chuck Robey : > 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