---
name: "xviddetect"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xviddetect"
version: "0.3-4"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xviddetect"
---

# xviddetect(1)

a script for detecting PCI video cards

## NAME

xviddetect - a script for detecting PCI video cards

## SYNOPSIS

xviddetect \[--arch \<architecture\>\] \[--quiet\] \[--help\]

xviddetect \[`` `-a' `` \<architecture\>\] \[`` `-q' ``\] \[`` `-h' ``\]

## DESCRIPTION

xviddetect detects PCI video cards on your machine, matches them to a database of known X servers, and determines the correct X server to install.

## SEE ALSO

[*anXious*(1)](/anXious/1.md)

## FILES

*/usr/share/xviddetect/pci.ids* */usr/share/xviddetect/video.ids*

## AUTHOR

xviddetect was written by Randolph Chung \<tausq@debian.org\>.

## HISTORY

This document first appeared with xviddetect\_0.2-2.