NVIDIA 3D acceleration

[Jeff G.]

On 11/01/2011 04:21 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
> After upgrading (fresh install, actually) from natty to oneiric, 3D
> effects don't seem to be working.  When I go into Unity, there is no
> dash.  Only icons on the desktop can I launch.  There is a type of
> menu bar at the top that is for nautilus.
>
> When I go into Gnome 3, things appear to work but there are no visual
> effects like wobbly windows.  (However, I don't really know what
> visual effects I should expect in Gnome 3.)
>
> The proprietary NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver is installed and
> currently in use (msg from Additional Drivers.)
>
> # glxinfo |grep rendering
>
> returns
>
> direct rendering: Yes
>      GL_NV_path_rendering, GL_NV_pixel_data_range, GL_NV_point_sprite,
>
> I've troubleshooted with information from here:
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#using-nvidia-xconfig
> and here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
>
> and most things that I tried check out.  One from the debian site that
> doesn't is this:
>
> # grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf 2>&1|grep nvidia
>
> There is nothing in xorg.conf except this:
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Default Device"
> 	Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
> EndSection
>
> However, since I got that tip from a debian site I'm not sure if it
> applies to ubuntu.
>
> If anyone knows what else I could do, I would sure appreciate the
> help!  I am all out of ideas!
>

install nvidia-settings and use it to set up xorg.conf.