Table 7-1 provides a reference for finding and troubleshooting the X Window System video to work in Linux.
Table 7-1: Video Troubleshooting References
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General X Information |
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XFree86 project |
www.xfree86.org -The XFree86 Project is the primary source for information on the open-source version of the X Window System running in Fedora Core |
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XFree86 documentation |
www.xfree86.org74.3.0 |
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XFree86 support |
www.xfree86.org/supportl |
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XFree86 mailing lists |
www.xfree86.org/listsl |
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XFree86 driver information |
Various README files in the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc directory of Fedora Core |
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/usr/X11R6bin/XF86Config |
Primary configuration file for the X (XFree86) server |
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Current mouse driver information |
www.xfree86.org/current/mousel |
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Mouse driver man page (serial mouse) |
Type man mouse |
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X Performance Commands |
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glxinfo |
Displays information about OpenGL rendering in the X server. Use this to check if DRI has been enabled to do hardware acceleration |
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glxgears |
Displays three spinning gears and shows how many frames per second your X server can display the gears spinning |
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xvidtune |
Tunes the height and width of your display, and then saves those settings to your XF96Config file |
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x11perf |
Runs performance tests (based on parameters you choose), and then reports how quickly the X server can complete those tests |