I usually check to see what kernel module is loaded: lsmod |grep drm Some examples from some of my actual machines: drm 236290 4 i915,drm_kms_helper drm 236330 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
The log referenced in the other response is also a very good place to look. * Note that drm stands for Direct Render Manager On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Ilya Khlopotov <ilya.khlopo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Craig, > >> My question is how do you tell what it detected? > The easiest way is to check log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > The other way could be: > Xorg -configure -config /tmp/xorg.conf > less /tmp/xorg.conf > > Best regards, > ILYA > > On Sun, 2012-01-22 at 16:44 -0700, Craig McLean wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I have a question about xorg drivers. I’m using xorg 7.5 on Debian Squeeze >> 6.0.3. In more recent versions of the X system you don’t need an xorg.conf >> configuration file because the system is now able to properly auto detect >> most of your hardware. My question is how do you tell what it detected? >> I’d like to know what xserver it decided to use. Based on the hardware in >> my laptop I’m assuming some kind of Intel one, but I’d like to confirm that. >> >> Craig. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
