Am I using the "ati" or "vesa" driver?

[Linda A. Walsh]

Łukasz Maśko wrote:
>
>> $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep LoadModule
>> [...]
>> [  1684.745] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
>> [  1684.746] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
>> [  1684.748] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
>> [  1684.749] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
>>     
>
> You're deffinitely using the vesa driver. The radeon driver is loaded, but 
> then the vesa driver is initialized as first and it takes control over your 
> card, so finally, according to line #1700, the radeon driver is unloaded:
>   
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Side question --
Was it unloaded because Vesa loaded first or because the radeon driver 
wasn't
able to talk to its kernel component?

I.e. Does it pick drivers based on best match or first match?