How to check video drivers

[Rapael Morcha]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 09:07:29PM -0500, Sidarth Dasari wrote:
> Hi, How do you check what drivers you are using for a video card?

* You can look for "Driver" in your xorg.conf file -
$ grep "Driver" /etc/X11/xorg.conf
        Driver          "kbd"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Driver          "i810"

Driver          "i810"

I know my card is intel

$ sudo modinfo i810
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i180.ko
license:        GPL and additional rights
description:    Intel i810
author:         VA Linux Systems Inc.
srcversion:     18F5DD560FBE7A5C6EA874B
depends:        drm
vermagic:       2.6.20-16-386 mod_unload 486 

That's how I know which driver is being used.

Also

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg 

will reconfigure your display settings like drivers, resolution, dri, dual-head etc. and then restart your windowing session after which it will take effect.


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Cheers,
Raphael.