Re: How do I find what drivers are installed
On 29/06/2015, Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> On 29/06/15 06:53, Bret Busby wrote:
>> (as I can not copy the
>> list, as a block copy, a command line command to so list the packages,
>> would be useful, eg "apt-get list-intalled | grep xserver")
>
> The command you want is "dpkg -l".
>
Thank you for that.
The reason that I wanted to know what graphical drivers are in use,
and which of the graphical devices they are driving, in addition to
which graphical drivers are installed, is, as is shown below, many
irrelevant graphical drivers appear to be installed.
As has been previously mentioned, the computer has an Intel Sandy
Bridge graphics controller, and an nvidia GEForce GT520M graphics
device, with nvidia Optimus thingy.
"
root@bret-apc01-debian6:~# dpkg -l | grep xserver
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.5+3
X server utilities
ii xserver-common 2:1.7.7-18+deb6u3
common files used by various X servers
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.7.7-18+deb6u3
nested X server
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.5+8+squeeze1
the X.Org X server
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.7-18+deb6u3
Xorg X server - core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.5+8+squeeze1
the X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage
ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.3.2-6
X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2
Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server
ii xserver-xorg-input-wacom 0.10.5+20100416-1
X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.5+8+squeeze1
the X.Org X server -- output driver metapackage
ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1:1.2.2-2
X.Org X server -- APM display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 1:0.7.2-2
X.Org X server -- ark display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.1-2+squeeze1
X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI display driver wrapper
ii xserver-xorg-video-chips 1:1.2.3-1
X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.3.2-2+squeeze1
X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 1:0.4.2-2
X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1:1.3.3-2
X.Org X server -- i128 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.0-7
X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-mach64 6.8.2-3
X.Org X server -- ATI Mach64 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-mga 1:1.4.11.dfsg-4+squeeze1
X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 1:1.2.4-3
X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-5 X.Org X server -- Nouveau display
driver (experimental)
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:2.1.17-3
X.Org X server -- NV display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.904+svn842-2+squeeze1
X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-r128 6.8.1-3
X.Org X server -- ATI r128 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.13.1-2+squeeze1
X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-rendition 1:4.2.3-3
X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 1:0.6.3-2
X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3virge 1:1.10.4-2
X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-savage 1:2.3.1-2
X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 1:1.7.3-2
X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-sis 1:0.10.3-1
X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-sisusb 1:0.9.3-2
X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1:1.4.3-2
X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-trident 1:1.3.3-2
X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tseng 1:1.2.3-2+squeeze1
X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1:2.3.0-3
X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware 1:11.0.1-2+build1
X.Org X server -- VMware display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-voodoo 1:1.2.3-2
X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver
root@bret-apc01-debian6:~#
"
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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