glxinfo(1)

📦 version 9.0.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 glxinfo — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to glxinfo(1), a General Commands Manual situation, and honestly? it's giving "let me spill the tea about your graphics stack" 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

glxinfo — show information about the GLX implementation 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

glxinfo [options]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the glxinfo program shows you the whole ~vibe~ of the OpenGL and GLX implementations running on a given X display 🦋

the info it spills includes details about the server-side AND client-side GLX implementation, the OpenGL and GLU implementations, plus a whole list of available GLX visuals. like, it's basically the group chat receipts of your rendering setup, no cap ✨

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -v — print visuals info in verbose form. she's thorough 💅
  • -t — print verbose table. yes, a table, we love a structured moment 🎀
  • -display display — specify the X display to interrogate. (interrogate!! 👑)
  • -h — print usage information. the lil help me out bestie flag 🫶
  • -i — force an indirect rendering context 🌈
  • -b — find the "best" visual and print its number. main character visual, periodt ⭐
  • -l — print interesting OpenGL limits 🔥

✨ AUTHOR ✨

glxinfo was written by Brian Paul <brian.paul@tungstengraphics.com> 💖

this manual page was written by Thierry Reding <thierry@gilfi.de>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others) 🎀

okay that's the whole page bestie, ily, go run it and check ur visuals 💜

sign-off moment: this was glxinfo(1), dated 2006-11-29, and honestly it ate. bye pookie 🌸✨
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