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.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/glxinfo/glxinfo.man,v 1.5 2001/12/14 20:00:47 dawes Exp $

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.SH NAME

glxinfo \- display info about a GLX extension and OpenGL renderer.

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B "glxinfo"

[\-t]

[\-v]

[\-b]

[\-display \fIdisplayname\fP]

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

.I glxinfo

lists information about the GLX extension, OpenGL capable visuals, and the

OpenGL renderer on an X server. The GLX and renderer info includes the version

and extension attributes. The visual info lists the GLX visual attributes 

available for each OpenGL capable visual (e.g. whether the visual is double

buffered, the component sizes, Z-buffering depth, etc).

.PP

Command line options include:

.TP 8

.B \-t

By default the visual info is presented in a concise 80 character wide

tabular format. The -t option directs glxinfo to produce a wider, more readable

tabular format.

.TP 8

.B \-v

Directs glxinfo to generate a verbose format output style for

the visual list similar to the info of xdpyinfo.

.TP 8

.B \-b

Print the ID of the "best" visual on screen 0.

.TP 8

.B \-l

Print interesting OpenGL limits.

.TP 8

.B \-i

Use indirect rendering connection only.

.TP 8

.BI "\-display " "displayname"

Specify the display to query.

.PP

.SH ENVIRONMENT

.PP

.TP 8

.B DISPLAY

To get the default host, display number, and screen.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

xdpyinfo(1)

.SH AUTHOR

Brian Paul

.br

Modifications for XFree86 added by Mark Paton