On Friday 19 April 2002 18:01, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:51:41AM -0500, Ian Truelsen wrote:
> > How can I test to see whether opengl is working on my system?

> You've probably meant "3D acceleration" here, since OpenGL is merely an
> API (and you need implementation also, such as Mesa), whether or not it
> operates in software more, or uses hardware acceleration, this is the
> main question ;-).

Make sure mesa-demos is installed, and type this into an xterm:

    gears

If the resulting window showing three spinning, interlocked gear wheels does 
hundreds of FPS, even at full screen, you have it. If it does scores or less, 
you don't. (-:

Cheers; Leon

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