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.TH GLXINFO 1 __vendorversion__
.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
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Modifications for XFree86 added by Mark Paton