---
name: "glxgears"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mesa-utils"
version: "9.0.0-2+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/glxgears"
---

# glxgears(1)

\`\`gears'' demo for GLX

## NAME

glxgears - \`\`gears'' demo for GLX

## SYNOPSIS

**glxgears** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

The *glxgears* program is a port of the \`\`gears'' demo to GLX. It displays a set of rotating gears and prints out the frame rate at regular intervals. It has become quite popular as basic benchmarking tool.

## OPTIONS

- **-display *display***

  Specify which X display to run on.

- **-info**

  Display OpenGL renderer information.

- **-stereo**

  Use a stereo enabled GLX visual.

- **-fullscreen**

  Run in fullscreen mode.

## AUTHOR

glxgears was written by Brian Paul \<brian.paul@tungstengraphics.com\>.

This manual page was written by Thierry Reding \<thierry@gilfi.de\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).