How to know if driver is working

[EUIX]

Hey I was wondering is there any 3D graphics tests that can be ran or some other to determine if the NVIDIA driver installed properly, because although the installation went without a hitch I suspect theres still something wrong with the driver as when I start Warcraft 3 in Wine I only see a black screen, I can still hear the music in the background and such.

[zander]

Any native OpenGL application would be a good first test; `glxinfo` will provide more detailed information that can help diagnose installation problems.

[invader]

ok, I'm pretty new to linux. and damn' it was really hard for me to install the nvidia graphics driver on my kubuntu 7.04... but I guess it works now... if I didn't found the description on this forum I would have never succeed.

but anyway I also want to test the correct installation. what's the best way to do this?

you wrote: any native opengl application <-- ok, which one? I'm a newbie...so I don't know which one would be best?

and glxinfo lists a lot of lines which I can't interpret correctly because I'm a newbie on linux...at least which output gives me the hint, that everything is fine?

isn't there a little testprogram which runs several test an put out some lines like a = ok, b = ok, c = failed, d= ok, e= not supported and so on....

sorry, for the newbie questions...

kind regards,
flo

[urlauber]

Some native opengl apps that I'm using (just install them with sudo apt-get install appname)

- stellarium
- planetpenguin-racer
- foobillard

You could also install some 3d-screensavers (xscreensaver-gl package)