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/usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig

NVIDIA Linux Tesla 580.196.07 nvidia-xconfig tool

From nvidia-tesla-580-nvidia-xconfig 580.196.07-r0 (extra-packages), captured 2026-11-05 by running nvidia-xconfig --help (exit 0). permalink

nvidia-xconfig:  version 580.196.07
  The NVIDIA X Configuration Tool.

  This program is used to manipulate X configuration files, specifically to enable NVIDIA X driver functionality.


  In its normal operation, nvidia-xconfig finds the system X configuration file (or generates a new X configuration if it cannot find the system file), makes sure the configuration is usable by the NVIDIA X driver, applies any updates requested on the commandline, and writes the new configuration to file.

  Please see the NVIDIA README for a description of NVIDIA X configuration file options.


nvidia-xconfig [options]

  -c XCONFIG, --xconfig=XCONFIG
      Use XCONFIG as the input X config file; if this option is not specified, then the same search path used by the X server will be used to find the X configuration file.

  -o OUTPUT-XCONFIG, --output-xconfig=OUTPUT-XCONFIG
      Use OUTPUT-XCONFIG as the output X configuration file; if this option is not specified, then the input X configuration filename will also be used as the output X configuration filename.

  -s, --silent
      Run silently; no messages will be printed to stdout, except for warning and error messages to stderr.

  -t, --tree
      Read the X configuration file, print to stdout the X configuration data in a tree format, and exit.

  -v, --version
      Print the nvidia-xconfig version and exit.

  -h, --help
      Print usage information for the common commandline options and exit.

  -A, --advanced-help
      Print usage information for the common commandline options as well as the advanced options, and then exit.
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-c, --xconfig XCONFIGUse XCONFIG as the input X config file;help
-o, --output-xconfig OUTPUT-XCONFIGUse OUTPUT-XCONFIG as the output X configuration file;help
-s, --silentRun silently;help
-t, --treeRead the X configuration file, print to stdout the X configuration data in a tree format, and exit.help
-v, --versionPrint the nvidia-xconfig version and exit.help
-h, --helpPrint usage information for the common commandline options and exit.help
-A, --advanced-helpPrint usage information for the common commandline options as well as the advanced options, and then exit.help

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