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xvinfo(1)                                                     General Commands Manual                                                    xvinfo(1)

NAME
xvinfo - Print out X-Video extension adaptor information SYNOPSIS
xvinfo [-display displayname] DESCRIPTION
xvinfo prints out the capabilities of any video adaptors associated with the display that are accessible through the X-Video extension. OPTIONS
-display display This argument allows you to specify the server to query; see X(7). -short Output less details, to reduce the amount of text. ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY This variable may be used to specify the server to query. SEE ALSO
X(7), xdpyinfo(1), xwininfo(1), xdriinfo(1), glxinfo(1), xprop(1) AUTHORS
Mark Vojkovich X Version 11 xvinfo 1.1.1 xvinfo(1)

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xdriinfo(1)						      General Commands Manual						       xdriinfo(1)

NAME
xdriinfo - query configuration information of DRI drivers SYNOPSIS
xdriinfo [-display displayname] [command] DESCRIPTION
xdriinfo can be used to query configuration information of direct rendering drivers. If no command argument is specified it lists the names of the direct rendering drivers for all screens. Valid commands are: nscreens Print the number of screens. driver screen Print the name of the direct rendering driver for screen. options screen|driver Print the XML document describing the configuration options of a driver. The driver can be specified directly by driver name or indirectly by screen number. If the driver name is specified directly then no X connection is needed. ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY The default display. SEE ALSO
X(7), xdpyinfo(1), xwininfo(1), xvinfo(1), glxinfo(1), xprop(1) AUTHOR
Felix Kuehling X Version 11 xdriinfo 1.0.4 xdriinfo(1)
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