how do I test if my Nvid drivers are installed?

Shadowmeph · #1 (**permalink**) 09-Jul-2009, 15:41

I am not sure how to test if my Video drivers are installed could someone tell me how to do this?

lwfinger · #2 (**permalink**) 09-Jul-2009, 15:57

Shadowmeph wrote:
> I am not sure how to test if my Video drivers are installed could
> someone tell me how to do this?

From a console, run glxgears. With 2D acceleration using the
open-source drivers, I get ~200 FPS. With the nVidia proprietary
driver, I get over 1000 FPS. The number will depend on the speed of
your processor, but I think 3D should get over 500 on almost any machine.

Larry

bmiller1213 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-Jul-2009, 16:12

Click on my computer and scroll all the way down and at the bottom right, it will tell you what your graphics card is and what driver it is using. If it says that you are using the Nvidia driver, go into the Kmenu and look the the Nvidia X server configuration.

Shadowmeph · #4 (**permalink**) 09-Jul-2009, 16:29

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Originally Posted by bmiller1213

Click on my computer and scroll all the way down and at the bottom right, it will tell you what your graphics card is and what driver it is using. If it says that you are using the Nvidia driver, go into the Kmenu and look the the Nvidia X server configuration.

there is no my computer that I see.

how do I find out what driver I need for my nvid GTX 260

david71 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-Jul-2009, 16:38

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Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

how do I find out what driver I need for my nvid GTX 260

Have a look here
Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

oldcpu · #6 (**permalink**) 09-Jul-2009, 16:39

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Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

there is no my computer that I see.

how do I find out what driver I need for my nvid GTX 260

I found for my nvidia GTX 260 that I have to use the proprietary nVidia driver in order to get any decent performance. The openGL driver is horribly slow for the GTX260, and the vesa driver is not much better for the GTX 260.

There is guidance here: NVIDIA - openSUSE

In my case, I prefered to do it per the titel "the hardway" - which leads one here: NVIDIA/The hard way - openSUSE

Note one needs linux-kernel-headers, kernel-source and kernel-syms installed, plus the base development pattern (in YaST software management) installed, for this to work.

Shadowmeph · #7 (**permalink**) 10-Jul-2009, 14:41

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Originally Posted by oldcpu

I found for my nvidia GTX 260 that I have to use the proprietary nVidia driver in order to get any decent performance. The openGL driver is horribly slow for the GTX260, and the vesa driver is not much better for the GTX 260.

There is guidance here: NVIDIA - openSUSE

In my case, I prefered to do it per the titel "the hardway" - which leads one here: NVIDIA/The hard way - openSUSE

Note one needs linux-kernel-headers, kernel-source and kernel-syms installed, plus the base development pattern (in YaST software management) installed, for this to work.

I didn't have any of those installed ( I forgot about that) and tried to install it told me that I had an xserver open so I did a ctrl-alt-f1 and tryied from there it said the same thing. also rereading the instructions ( the hard way) it says that I need make but I cannot find it I can find automake.

oldcpu · #8 (**permalink**) 10-Jul-2009, 14:59

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Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

I didn't have any of those installed ( I forgot about that) and tried to install it told me that I had an xserver open so I did a ctrl-alt-f1 and tryied from there it said the same thing. also rereading the instructions ( the hard way) it says that I need make but I cannot find it I can find automake.

As noted, you need the base development pattern (in YaST software management) installed, for this to work. So go to YaST > Software > Software Management, and set the "filter" to "pattern" and select the "Base Development Pattern".

Shadowmeph · #9 (**permalink**) 10-Jul-2009, 15:17

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Originally Posted by oldcpu

As noted, you need the base development pattern (in YaST software management) installed, for this to work. So go to YaST > Software > Software Management, and set the "filter" to "pattern" and select the "Base Development Pattern".

DO I need to install all 49 of them?