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xdpyinfo(XC)


xdpyinfo -- display information utility for X

Syntax

xdpyinfo [-display displayname]

Description

xdpyinfo is a utility for displaying information about an X server. It is used to examine the capabilities of a server, the predefined values for various parameters used in communicating between clients and the server, and the different types of screens and visuals that are available.

Example

The following shows a sample produced by xdpyinfo when connected to display that supports an 8 plane screen and a 1 plane screen.
   name of display:    :0.0
   version number:     11.0
   vendor string:      MIT X Consortium
   vendor release number:    4
   maximum request size:     16384 longwords (65536 bytes)
   motion buffer size:       0
   bitmap unit, bit order, padding:     32, MSBFirst, 32
   image byte order:         MSBFirst
   number of supported pixmap formats:  2
   supported pixmap formats:
       depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
       depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
   keycode range:      minimum 8, maximum 129
   number of extensions:    4
       SHAPE
       MIT-SHM
       Multi-Buffering
       MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
   default screen number:   0
   number of screens:       2
   

screen #0: dimensions: 1152x900 pixels (325x254 millimeters) resolution: 90x90 dots per inch depths (2): 1, 8 root window id: 0x8006e depth of root window: 8 planes number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 default colormap: 0x8006b default number of colormap cells: 256 preallocated pixels: black 1, white 0 options: backing-store YES, save-unders YES current input event mask: 0xd0801d KeyPressMask ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask EnterWindowMask ExposureMask SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask ColormapChangeMask number of visuals: 6 default visual id: 0x80065 visual: visual id: 0x80065 class: PseudoColor depth: 8 planes size of colormap: 256 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x80066 class: DirectColor depth: 8 planes size of colormap: 8 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x80067 class: GrayScale depth: 8 planes size of colormap: 256 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x80068 class: StaticGray depth: 8 planes size of colormap: 256 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x80069 class: StaticColor depth: 8 planes size of colormap: 256 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x8006a class: TrueColor depth: 8 planes size of colormap: 8 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits number of mono multibuffer types: 6 visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x80065, 0, 8 visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x80066, 0, 8 visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x80067, 0, 8 visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x80068, 0, 8 visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x80069, 0, 8 visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x8006a, 0, 8 number of stereo multibuffer types: 0

screen #1: dimensions: 1152x900 pixels (325x254 millimeters) resolution: 90x90 dots per inch depths (1): 1 root window id: 0x80070 depth of root window: 1 plane number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 default colormap: 0x8006c default number of colormap cells: 2 preallocated pixels: black 1, white 0 options: backing-store YES, save-unders YES current input event mask: 0xd0801d KeyPressMask ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask EnterWindowMask ExposureMask SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask ColormapChangeMask number of visuals: 1 default visual id: 0x80064 visual: visual id: 0x80064 class: StaticGray depth: 1 plane size of colormap: 2 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification: 1 bits number of mono multibuffer types: 1 visual id, max buffers, depth: 0x80064, 0, 1 number of stereo multibuffer types: 0

Environment variables


DISPLAY
to get the default host, display number, and screen

See also

X(X), xwininfo(XC), xprop(XC), xrdb(XC)
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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003