How To Check Your OpenGL And Nvidia Driver Versions On Ubuntu

In this tip, we will see how to use the command line to check which OpenGL and Nvidia driver versions are installed on your system.

Under Ubuntu 11.04/10.10/10.04, launch the Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run this command to know your current OpenGL and Nvidia driver versions:

glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"

For Ubuntu 10.04/10.10, you need to install this package from the Terminal before running the  command given above:

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

Here is the outpout I have got:

~$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.41.19


3.3.0 ---> This is the OpenGL version

270.41.19 ---> This is the NVIDIA driver version currently installed on my system.

That's it.