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read-edid VS Glxinfo

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read-edid is a pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading the EDID from a monitor.

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glxinfo is a command-line tool that can help you diagnose problems with your 3D acceleration setup.
  • read-edid Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-05-09
  • Glxinfo Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-05-03

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Ubuntu: Making sense of glxinfo OpenGL versions

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  • Review - Ubuntu: glxinfo for OpenGL missing info

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to read-edid and Glxinfo)
Device Management
41 41%
59% 59
Monitoring Tools
40 40%
60% 60
System Information
40 40%
60% 60
Log Management
47 47%
53% 53

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