On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:12 PM, dep <dep@...> wrote:
> said Peter Laws:


> former, you may not be using the Nvidia driver at all. Open a terminal and
> enter "glxinfo" and then scroll back to the top and see if it sheds any
> light. It should begin something like this:
>
> name of display: :0
> display: :0  screen: 0
> direct rendering: Yes
> server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> server glx version string: 1.4
>
> I do not believe that a framebuffer device supports direct rendering.


Well, here's my problem - it's not a Dell, it's an Indy!  (or an Onyx
or an ...  gah, can't remember what the other SGIs were called).

name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4

WTH?