I don't know if there is a command to indicate what driver is being used by the X11 system. I also don't have a functional debian system at the moment but running
sudo grep driver /var/log/Xorg.0.log on my Fedora 22 laptop gives: [ 40.931] X.Org XInput driver : 21.1 [ 44.288] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0 [ 44.288] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 1 [ 44.288] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2 [ 44.288] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3 [ 44.288] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4 [ 44.288] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout [ 44.288] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so [ 44.642] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so [ 53.891] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so [ 54.058] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so [ 54.084] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev [ 54.084] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa [ 54.096] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20151010 [ 54.166] (II) intel(0): [XvMC] xvmc_vld driver initialized. [ 54.166] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i965 [ 54.166] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: va_gl So it looks like I'm using (on my laptop, not the G5) either the intel driver, the fbdev driver, or the vesa driver. sudo grep -i fbdev /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 44.288] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3 [ 53.891] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" [ 53.891] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so [ 54.058] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 54.084] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev [ 54.099] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev [ 54.099] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw" [ 54.099] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw" [ 54.099] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so [ 54.110] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 54.119] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev" [ 54.119] (II) Unloading fbdev [ 54.119] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw" [ 54.119] (II) Unloading fbdevhw so it's not using the fbdev driver sudo grep -i vesa /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 44.288] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4 [ 54.058] (II) LoadModule: "vesa" [ 54.058] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so [ 54.084] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 54.084] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa [ 54.110] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa [ 54.119] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa" [ 54.119] (II) Unloading vesa so it's not using the vesa driver Must be using the intel driver (which makes sense since this is an i7 laptop). On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:55 AM, G 3 <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the information: > > 0000:f0:10.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. > [AMD/ATI] RV350 [Radeon 9550/9600/X1050 Series] > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:07 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> To see what video card you have run this command >> >> lspci | grep VGA >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 8, 2016, at 6:52 PM, G 3 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I gave up on Debian so I don't have it installed anymore. But if you mean >> what I have for Ubuntu Mate, I don't know. Maybe someone could send me a >> command to execute and I can email the results back to the list. >> >> On Jun 8, 2016, at 8:03 PM, Steven Grunza wrote: >> >> What video driver do you use? >> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Programmingkid <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jun 8, 2016, at 12:13 PM, Steven Grunza wrote: >>> >>> > Does anyone know if the nouveau driver will work with an old G5 >>> PowerPC and the GeForce FX G05200 it originally used? >>> > >>> > The last time I tried it had numerous problems (no graphics, kernel >>> panics, etc). >>> > >>> > lsusb reports the video card as: >>> > >>> > NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200] (rev a1) >>> > >>> > >>> > Various versions of jessie failed in various ways. Does Stretch have >>> a different version of the nouveau driver? Since the machine is PowerPC I >>> can't use the NVIDIA driver. >>> > >>> > - Steven G. >>> >>> Debian is still broken when it comes to iMac G5 compatibility. My iMac >>> G5 booted to a command prompt after installing Debian. I think the only fix >>> is to move on to a different distribution like Ubuntu Mate 15.10. It works >>> well on my iMac G5. >>> >>> Just to note, my iMac G5 has a ATI Radeon 9600 in it, so your issues >>> might be different from mine. >> >> >> >> >
