glxinfo | Cheatsheet¶

glxinfo is a command-line tool that can help you diagnose problems with your 3D acceleration setup. It can also provide additional helpful information for developers.

Installation¶

Gentoo

Set VIDEO_CARDS in /etc/portage/make.conf

emerge --ask media-libs/mesa x11-apps/mesa-progs

Print default info¶

glxinfo

Force an indirect rendering context¶

glxinfo -i

brief output, print only the basics¶

glxinfo  -B

Print visuals info in verbose form¶

glxinfo -v

Print verbose visual information table¶

glxinfo  -t

Print help¶

glxinfo  -h

Find the 'best' visual and print its number¶

glxinfo -b

Print interesting OpenGL limits¶

glxinfo -l

Print a single extension per line¶

glxinfo -s