How do I use the hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics capability of my NVIDIA video card under Linux?
First, ensure that the proprietary NVIDIA driver is installed. This driver provides hardware-accelerated OpenGL support, which may not be provided by other drivers. The NVIDIA driver is available from NVIDIA’s website: http://www.nvidia.com If you are unsure about whether or not the driver is loaded, use the following command to check: /sbin/lsmod | grep nvidia which should return a single line of output, similar to the following: nvidia 4092208 18 If no is output is returned, then the driver is not loaded and may need to be installed. If you are certain that you have installed the driver, then you may need to use the ‘nvidia-xconfig’ utility to configure the X server, and then reboot the machine. Once the driver is loaded, you should confirm that OpenGL support is enabled using the following command: xdpyinfo | grep GLX which should return: GLX NV-GLX If this fails, then the ‘nvidia-xconfig’ utility can be run without arguments to add OpenGL support. A restart of the X server may be r
