---
name: "visualinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "glew-utils"
version: "1.7.0-3"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/visualinfo"
---

# visualinfo(1)

displays GL extension and visual info

## NAME

visualinfo — displays GL extension and visual info

## SYNOPSIS

**visualinfo \[-display** *display*\] \[-visual *id*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **visualinfo**  command.

**visualinfo** is a small utility that displays all available visuals,  aka. pixelformats, in an OpenGL system along with renderer version  information. It shows a table of all the visuals that support OpenGL  along with their capabilities. The format of the table is similar to  that of glxinfo on Unix systems:

- visual

  \~= pixel format descriptor

- id

  \= visual id (integer from 1 - max visuals)

- tp

  \= type (wn: window, pb: pbuffer, wp: window & pbuffer, bm: bitmap)

- ac

  \= acceleration (ge: generic, fu: full, no: none)

- fm

  \= format (i: integer, f: float, c: color index)

- db

  \= double buffer (y = yes)

- dw

  \= swap method (x: exchange, c: copy, u: undefined)

- st

  \= stereo (y = yes)

- sz

  \= total # bits

- r

  \= # bits of red

- g

  \= # bits of green

- b

  \= # bits of blue

- a

  \= # bits of alpha

- axbf

  \= # aux buffers

- dpth

  \= # bits of depth

- stcl

  \= # bits of stencil

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Print help and exit.

- **-display** *display*

  Allows specifying an X display.

- **-visual** *id*

  Allows specifying a specific X visual.

## SEE ALSO

Xorg (1x), glewinfo (1)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Joost Damad \<joost@damad.be\> for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any   later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.