From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 31/12/2025 20:00, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:28:50 -0500, John-Paul Stewart wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-12-30 10:19 p.m., rbowman wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:33:59 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> My sore point with Wayland is that it doesn't seem to work if   
   >>>> the machine doesn't have 3D.   
   >>>   
   >>> ???  I'm not sure if any of my machines do. How can you tell?   
   >>   
   >> Run the 'glxinfo' command (part of the mesa-utils package on   
   >> Debian) in an xterm.  Near the top of the output it will say   
   >> "direct rendering: Yes" if hardware accelerated 3D is available.   
   >   
   > direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: SGI server glx   
   > version string: 1.4   
   >   
   Is that an NVIDIA card in there then?   
      
   Best to install nvidias own drivers rather than Nouveau...   
      
   > You forgot to say 'glxinfo | less' :)  I've no idea what the 464   
   > GLXFBConfigs are telling me.   
   >   
   LOL!   
      
   > I assumed all my boxes had hardware acceleration but I don't do   
   > rotating cubes, shaky windows, and all the stuff that would   
   > presumably fail.   
   >   
   This rather reminds me of when I first ran Nvidia graphic cards without   
   the Nvidia drivers...   
      
   lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' is a magic spell that tells me   
      
   VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)   
      
   on this machine, and   
      
   VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 720]   
   (rev a1)   
      
   On the server that has an Nvidia card.   
      
   That will tell you also which driver is associated,   
      
   "Subsystem: Palit Microsystems Inc. GK208B [GeForce GT 720]   
   	Kernel driver in use: nvidia   
   	Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia"   
      
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