Do I have my nvidia card installed?

[miros84]

Hello
How can I know if my nvidia card is installed?
And if it is installed, how can I access nvidia panel to configure my 2 screens?

[newiLuvatar]

well, if you have a card stuck in your pci slot, it's probably installed... :-)
jokes aside, there are several ways:
in a terminal, type:
$ rpm -qa | grep nvidia
and see if the kmod-nvidia is there or
$ glxinfo
or you could just see if there is a nvidia display settings menu item under Applications > System Tools.
if not, you can install the drivers like this:
add the rpmfusion repo (check out http://rpmfusion.org) and then
$ su -
# yum install kmod-nvidia
or
$ yum install akmod-nvidia

you can configure a dualhead using
$ su -
# nvidia-settings

[kulbirsaini]

Also use glxinfo |grep render to check the 3D support.

[miros84]

Thank you newiLuvatar
I install now nvidia driver.
If I upgrade from Fedora 11 to Fedora 12 later, will I lose my nvidia driver?
I asked that, because in Debian, every time I update my kernel, I lose the driver and I have to install it again, because of the driver is compiled with the kernel.
In Fedora how is it?

[newiLuvatar]

if you install the kmod-nvidia (or akmod), you will be able to update kernels. that's what kmods are for, so you don't have to reinstall or rebuild the drivers every time a new kernel comes up. I guess the kmod-nvidia will also be available for f12.

[miros84]

So that much better then debian then :)

[miros84]

Do you know how to do the same for intel graphic cards?

[Golf4Fun]

I see my intel listed using lspci

[newiLuvatar]

try searching the forum, I'm quite sure you'll find something...

[miros84]

I see my intel listed using lspci

lspci is OK, but it is only to see what kind of frapchic card I have.
I want to now if it is installed.

[newiLuvatar]

Also use glxinfo |grep render to check the 3D support.

try this to find out if your graphics card driver is installed