nvidia-xconfig(1) General Commands Manual nvidia-xconfig(1) (NAME) nvidia-xconfig - X (NVIDIA) (SYNOPSIS) nvidia-xconfig [ ] (DESCRIPTION) nvidia-xconfig NVIDIA X . nvidia-xconfig : 1) X . nvidia-xconfig nvidia-xconfig /etc/X11/xorg.conf . 2) NVIDIA . "nvidia" "GLcore" "dri" "glx" . 3) . NVIDIA X README . nvidia-xconfig X X NVIDIA X . 4) . ".backup" . X /etc/X11/xorg.conf nvidia-xconfig /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup . --post-tree (-T) . nvidia-xconfig . nvidia-xconfig GPL : < https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-xconfig > (patches) . (OPTIONS) -c XCONFIG, --xconfig=XCONFIG XCONFIG X X X . -o OUTPUT-XCONFIG, --output-xconfig=OUTPUT-XCONFIG OUTPUT-XCONFIG X X X . -s, --silent . -t, --tree X X . -v, --version nvidia-xconfig . -h, --help . -A, --advanced-help . (ADVANCED OPTIONS) --acpid-socket-path=ACPID-SOCKET-PATH, --no-acpid-socket-path ACPI (acpid) NVIDIA X acpid . --add-argb-glx-visuals, --no-add-argb-glx-visuals OpenGL pixmap ARGB. --allow-glx-with-composite, --no-allow-glx-with-composite X "AllowGLXWithComposite". --busid=BUSID, --no-busid BusID device X. device BusID . BusID device screen '--device' '--screen' . --preserve-busid, --no-preserve-busid nvidia-xconfig X X BusID X . BusID '--preserve-busid' '--no-preserve-busid' . --cool-bits=COOL-BITS, --no-cool-bits X "Coolbits". NV-CONTROL X GPU GPU . 0 . 4 . : . --composite, --no-composite X "Composite". --connected-monitor=CONNECTED-MONITOR, --no-connected-monitor X "ConnectedMonitor" X GPU . --connect-to-acpid, --no-connect-to-acpid X "ConnectToAcpid". NVIDIA X ACPI (acpid) . X acpid . --constant-dpi, --no-constant-dpi X "ConstantDPI" NVIDIA X X XRandR (DPI) . --custom-edid=CUSTOM-EDID, --no-custom-edid X "CustomEDID" X EDID . "CRT-0:mp\did.bin". EDID . --dac-8bit, --no-dac-8bit Quadro (LUT) TRUE LUT . -d DEPTH, --depth=DEPTH DEPTH DEPTH 8 15 16 24 30. --device=DEVICE nvidia-xconfig X . DEVICE X . X . --disable-glx-root-clipping, --no-disable-glx-root-clipping (clipping) OpenGL X "DisableGLXRootClipping". --damage-events, --no-damage-events X direct-rendering . GLX composite . --preserve-driver-name nvidia-xconfig X "nvidia" X . --egpu, --no-egpu X "AllowExternalGpus". -a, --enable-all-gpus X X GPU . --exact-mode-timings-dvi, --no-exact-mode-timings-dvi X ModeLine. -E FILE, --extract-edids-from-file=FILE EDID X LOG EDID NVIDIA X "-logverbose 6" X X . EDID . NVIDIA X "CustomEDID" . --extract-edids-output-file=FILENAME '--extract-edids-from-file' nvidia-xconfig EDID "edid.bin" . . nvidia-xconfig EDID ( "edid.bin.1" "edid.bin" ). --flatpanel-properties=FLATPANEL-PROPERTIES, --no-flatpanel-properties (flat panel). 'dithering' 'ditheringmode'. ' B: X' README . --flip, --no-flip (flipping) OpenGL. --force-generate X . . nvidia-xconfig X nvidia-xconfig . --force-stereo-flipping, --no-force-stereo-flipping . . --handle-special-keys=WHEN, --no-handle-special-keys X ( Ctrl+Alt+Backspace) X . WHEN 'Always' 'Never' 'WhenNeeded' . --include-implicit-metamodes, --no-include-implicit-metamodes X "IncludeImplicitMetaModes". --keyboard=KEYBOARD X ( '--force-generate' ) KEYBOARD . '--keyboard-list' . --keyboard-driver=DRIVER nvidia-xconfig ( 'kbd' 'keyboard') . nvidia-xconfig . X.Org 'kbd' XFree86 'keyboard' . --keyboard-list '--keyboard' . --layout=LAYOUT nvidia-xconfig Server Layout X . LAYOUT X . Server Layout X . --mode=MODE . --mode-debug, --no-mode-debug X "ModeDebug" X X . --mode-list=MODELIST X () MODELIST --remove-mode=MODE . --metamodes=METAMODES MetaMode X METAMODES MetaMode X . --mouse=MOUSE X ( '--force-generate' ) MOUSE . '--mouse-list' . --mouse-list '--mouse' . --multisample-compatibility, --no-multisample-compatibility (multisample) . --nvidia-cfg-path=PATH nvidia-cfg NVIDIA GPU . nvidia-xconfig X . nvidia-xconfig ( ). . --only-one-x-screen X . --overlay, --no-overlay X "Overlay". --cioverlay, --no-cioverlay (color index overlay). --overlay-default-visual, --no-overlay-default-visual X "OverlayDefaultVisual". --transparent-index=INDEX, --no-transparent-index . TRANSPARENT-INDEX 0 255 . -T, --post-tree '--tree' X . . --power-connector-check, --no-power-connector-check X "NoPowerConnectorCheck". --probe-all-gpus, --no-probe-all-gpus X "ProbeAllGpus". --query-gpu-info NVIDIA . --registry-dwords=REGISTRY-DWORDS, --no-registry-dwords X "RegistryDwords". --render-accel, --no-render-accel X "RenderAccel". --render-extension, --no-render-extension X "NoRenderExtension". --screen=SCREEN nvidia-xconfig Server Layout X . SCREEN X . Server Layout X . --separate-x-screens, --no-separate-x-screens GPU X X . '--separate-x-screens' GPU X X ( GPU). '--no-separate-x-screens' X GPU . "Separate X Screens on One GPU" README . --x-screens-per-gpu=X-SCREENS-PER-GPU GPU X X . '--x-screens-per-gpu=' GPU X X . 0 . 1 '--no-separate-x-screens' . "Separate X Screens on One GPU" README . --sli=SLI, --no-sli SLI. SLI 'Off' 'Mosaic'. --stereo=STEREO, --no-stereo (). STEREO : 0 () 1 ( DDC) 2 ( Blueline) 3 ( ) 4 ( ) 5 ( SeeReal) 6 ( Sharp3D) 7 (Arisawa/Hyundai/Zalman/Pavione/Miracube) 8 (3D DLP) 9 (3D DLP INV) 10 (NVIDIA 3D VISION) 11 (NVIDIA 3D VISION PRO) 12 (HDMI 3D) 13 (Tridelity SL). --thermal-configuration-check, --no-thermal-configuration-check X "ThermalConfigurationCheck". --metamode-orientation=ORIENTATION, --no-metamode-orientation MetaModeOrientation. ORIENTATION : "RightOf" () "LeftOf" "Above" "Below" "Clone". --nvidia-xinerama-info, --no-nvidia-xinerama-info Xinerama NVIDIA X. --nvidia-xinerama-info-order=NVIDIA-XINERAMA-INFO-ORDER, --no-nvidia-xinerama-info-order X "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder". NVIDIA-XINERAMA-INFO-ORDER nvidiaXineramaInfo : "CRT, DFP, TV". --ubb, --no-ubb X "UBB". --use-edid, --no-use-edid EDID ( ) () . EDID DPI . TRUE ( NVIDIA X EDID ). EDID '--no-use-edid-freqs' '--no-use-edid-dpi' EDID . --use-edid-dpi, --no-use-edid-dpi EDID DPI X. TRUE ( NVIDIA X EDID DPI ). --use-edid-freqs, --no-use-edid-freqs HorizSync VertRefresh EDID . EDID Monitor . TRUE ( NVIDIA X EDID ). --use-display-device=DISPLAY-DEVICE, --no-use-display-device X . --use-events, --no-use-events X "UseEvents". X . X ()poll . FALSE . --virtual=WIDTHxHEIGHT, --no-virtual . --x-prefix=X-PREFIX X /usr/X11R6/ . . --color-space=COLORSPACE, --no-color-space X "ColorSpace". "COLORSPACE" : "RGB" "YCbCr444". --color-range=COLORRANGE, --no-color-range X "ColorRange". "COLORRANGE" : "Full" "Limited". --3dvision-usb-path=3DVISION-USB-PATH sysfs USB . --3dvisionpro-config-file=3DVISIONPRO-CONFIG-FILE NVIDIA 3DVisionPro. X . NVIDIA X X . 3D VisionPro . --3dvision-display-type=3DVISION-DISPLAY-TYPE, --no-3dvision-display-type NVIDIA 3D Vision 3D Vision . : 0 ( CRT ) 1 ( DLP ) 2 ( DLP ). --base-mosaic, --no-base-mosaic X "BaseMosaic". --restore-original-backup X nvidia-xconfig . nvidia-xconfig X NVIDIA X . nvidia-xconfig /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia-xconfig-original . --allow-empty-initial-configuration, --no-allow-empty-initial-configuration X . --inband-stereo-signaling, --no-inband-stereo-signaling X "InbandStereoSignaling". --force-yuv-420, --no-force-yuv-420 X "ForceYUV420". GPU RGB 4:4:4 YUV 4:2:0 RGB 4:4:4 . YUV 4:2:0 ( ) . --force-composition-pipeline=FORCE-COMPOSITION-PIPELINE, --no-force-composition-pipeline X "ForceCompositionPipeline". --force-full-composition-pipeline=FORCE-FULL-COMPOSITION-PIPELINE, --no-force-full-composition-pipeline X "ForceFullCompositionPipeline". --allow-hmd=ALLOW-HMD, --no-allow-hmd X "AllowHMD". --prime, --no-prime PRIME X. --no-busid --no-allow-empty-initial-configuration . (GPU) PRIME --busid . PRIME "xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0" "xrandr --auto" . (EXAMPLES) nvidia-xconfig X NVIDIA . X /etc/X11/xorg.conf . nvidia-xconfig --post-tree --metamode-orientation=clone X MetaModeOrientation . . nvidia-xconfig --enable-all-gpus X . nvidia-xconfig --mode=1600x1200 1600x1200 X . nvidia-xconfig --mode-list=1600x1200 1280x1024 X "1600x1200" "1280x1024" . nvidia-xconfig --metamodes=1024x768 +0+0, 1024x768 +1024+0 MetaMode "1024x768 +0+0, 1024x768 +1024+0" X MetaModes X . nvidia-xconfig --only-one-x-screen --sli=Auto X X SLI . (AUTHOR) Aaron Plattner NVIDIA Corporation (SEE ALSO) nvidia-settings(1), /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt (COPYRIGHT) Copyright (C) 2005-2010 NVIDIA Corporation. nvidia-xconfig 610.57.04 2026-07-29 nvidia-xconfig(1)