It should show something along the line of:
$ egrep "(GLX|DRI)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
(II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
(II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 915G GEM 20090712 2009Q2 RC3 x86/MMX/SSE2
My xorg.conf:
Code:
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
Option "DontZap" "off"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "UXA"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "smart"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-intel:
Installed: 2:2.9.1-1
Candidate: 2:2.9.1-1
make sure you have libgl1-mesa-dri, libgl1-mesa-glx, libdrm-intel1 all installed.
Graphics: Card Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.6.5 Res: 1280x1024@60.0hz
GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Intel 915G GEM 20090712 2009Q2 RC3 x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version 1.4 Mesa 7.6.1 Direct Rendering Yes