xscreensaver-gl-visual(6)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, meet xscreensaver-gl-visual(6) — the tiny icon whose whole job is to figure out which X visual to use for GL programs. That’s it. That’s the assignment. 💅

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🧚 SYNOPSIS 🧚

xscreensaver-gl-visual [--display host:display.screen]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here’s the tea: this program prints the ID of the visual that should be used for proper operation of OpenGL programs. Just the ID. No drama, no extra lore. ✨

And the reason it exists? This program only exists so that the xscreensaver(1) daemon does not need to link against the OpenGL library. Lowkey iconic delegation, honestly. 🫶

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🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

• DISPLAY — this is where it gets the default host, display, and screen number. Environment-variable realness. 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• X(1)
• xdpyinfo(1)
• xglinfo(1)
• glxinfo(1)
• glxdpyinfo(1)
• xscreensaver(1)
• xscreensaver-settings(1)
• xscreensaver-command(1)

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Copyright © 2000 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

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mwah 💋 that’s the whole page, bestie. It comes from X Version 11, version 6.15 (30-Mar-2026), and yes the date is giving slightly-future icon energy. 🎀👑