On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 16:08 +0100, Jan Litwiński wrote:
G'day steve,
* steve <networks1(a)cox.net> [100107 15:56] wrote:
> I am building a new FC12 system intended for MythTV which needs the
> acceleration provided by the drivers for my nvidia video card. After following
> the advice here
http://linuxsoftwareblog.com/blog/?p=232 I think I have them
> installed properly, but I only say that because X works after the install.
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> Is there some kind of test that will tell me for sure if these drivers are
> functioning properly and providing the video services they’re supposed to?
glxgears ?
The default configuration for the nvidia driver displays a splash screen
on startup with the nvidia brand name. If you see that, you're good.
Also look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for the name of the driver that loaded.
Also, lsmod should show the nvidia kernel module.
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs