How to confirm 3D acceleration is enable on 12.3

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I have the NVIDIA driver installed and I would like to confirm that 3D is enable. Where do I find this information; it’s not obvious.

Thanks.

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You should be able to click the kickstart menu and then mouse over computer and the click on KinfoCenter. You then need to look into OpenGL information. It is still a little vague as to what is going on but if you click on OpenGL/ES and see a bunch of extensions then you can assume you have 3D,

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On 03/14/2013 01:16 PM, anika200 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> ccin1492;2535089 Wrote:
>> I have the NVIDIA driver installed and I would like to confirm that 3D
>> is enable. Where do I find this information; it’s not obvious.
>>
>> Thanks.
> You should be able to click the kickstart menu and then mouse over
> computer and the click on KinfoCenter. You then need to look into OpenGL
> information. It is still a little vague as to what is going on but if
> you click on OpenGL/ES and see a bunch of extensions then you can assume
> you have 3D,
>
>

Or better still, open the Nvidia configuration program and check there.

Geeko–>System–>Configuration–>Configure NVIDIA…

Under GLX Information, if Direct Rendering is set to yes you most likely
have 3D support.

Ken

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On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:35:55 +0000, Ken Schneider wrote:

> On 03/14/2013 01:16 PM, anika200 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
>> ccin1492;2535089 Wrote:
>>> I have the NVIDIA driver installed and I would like to confirm that 3D
>>> is enable. Where do I find this information; it’s not obvious.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>> You should be able to click the kickstart menu and then mouse over
>> computer and the click on KinfoCenter. You then need to look into
>> OpenGL information. It is still a little vague as to what is going on
>> but if you click on OpenGL/ES and see a bunch of extensions then you
>> can assume you have 3D,
>>
>>
>>
> Or better still, open the Nvidia configuration program and check there.
>
> --------------------
> Geeko–>System–>Configuration–>Configure NVIDIA…
> --------------------
>
> Under GLX Information, if Direct Rendering is set to yes you most likely
> have 3D support.

Or run glxgears. If acceleration isn’t enabled, it’ll be really obvious
from the frame rates. :slight_smile:

Jim

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Okay. Now that one has determined that we don’t have “Direct Rendering” setup, how does one setup “Direct Rendering”?

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On 03/14/2013 03:36 PM, kerijan2003 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> kensch;2535126 Wrote:
>> On 03/14/2013 01:16 PM, anika200 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
>>> ccin1492;2535089 Wrote:
>>>
>> Or better still, open the Nvidia configuration program and check there.
>>
>> --------------------
>> Geeko–>System–>Configuration–>Configure NVIDIA…
>> --------------------
>>
>> Under GLX Information, if Direct Rendering is set to yes you most
>> likely
>> have 3D support.
>>
>> Ken
> Okay. Now that one has determined that we don’t have “Direct Rendering”
> setup, how does one setup “Direct Rendering”?
>
>
Sorry I can’t help further as I use the proprietary driver, which do you
use?

Ken

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I, too, use the proprietary driver.

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glxinfo2 | grep OpenGL

and / or

glxinfo | grep direct

If the output of the second command shows “yes” you’re in business.

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…if Direct Rendering is set to yes you most likely have 3D support.

I think so, but this is what I see.

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I probably have to edit the pic above; my first time attaching a pic.