geodesicgears(6)

geodesicgears6

Gears on the surface of a sphere.

Usage

geodesicgears [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--timeout number] [--labels] [--numbers] [--wireframe] [--wander] [--no-spin] [--fps]

Overview

A set of meshed gears arranged on the surface of a sphere.

Options

--visual visual

Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.

--window

Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root

Draw on the root window.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified window.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds).

--timeout number

Duration before switching to a new model. 5 - 120 seconds. Default: 20.

--labels | --no-labels

Whether to show the number of gears and teeth. Default: no.

--numbers | --no-numbers

Whether to label the gears with ID numbers. Default: no.

--wireframe | --no-wireframe

Render in wireframe instead of solid.

--wander | --no-wander

Whether the object should wander around the screen.

--spin | --no-spin

Whether the object should spin.

--fps | --no-fps

Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

Environment

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT

to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

Author

Jamie Zawinski.

From xscreensaver 6.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.