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From: Robert Bridge <robert@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: video driver discovery
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:37:28
Message-Id: 20081222173720.034f4f28@rabbit.robbieab.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: video driver discovery by Harry Putnam
1 On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:23:14 -0600
2 Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > Robert Bridge <robert@××××××××.com> writes:
5 >
6 > > On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:35:35 +0000 (UTC)
7 > > James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
8 > >> How can I verify which driver(version) it is using?
9 > >
10 > > Read /etc/log/Xorg.0/log
11 > > It will tell you which driver it loaded.
12 >
13 > Sorry to butt in here.. but Robert can you show a line from your log
14 > that IDs the driver... I'm getting really confused looking at that
15 > log. It shows literally dozens of things `loading'. Its not clear
16 > where whatever is being loaded came from... what installed package or
17 > driver.
18 >
19 > Its probably right in front of me, but I'm not seeing it, or not
20 > recognizing what I see as being very useful I guess.
21
22 (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
23 (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
24 (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
25 compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
26 Module class: X.Org Video Driver
27
28 Is the section from my Xorg.0.log which pretty clearly identifies which
29 driver is loaded ;)
30
31 And yes, it is in the middle of a sea of LoadModule lines.
32
33 RobbieAB.

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