DISPLAY
The default display.
xdriinfo1
Query configuration information of dri drivers
Usage
xdriinfo [-display
displayname]
[{-help | -version}]
[command]
Overview
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 options are:
-
-display -
Specifies X server to connect to.
-
-help -
Print the program usage and exit.
-
-version -
Print the program version and exit.
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
Releases
11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 7 times.
-display since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-version since Debian 9 (Stretch).