The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
NAME iodbctest, iodbctestw – iODBC Demonstration programs SYNOPSIS iodbctest ["DSN=xxxx[;UID=xxxx][;PWD=xxxx][;OPT=value]"] iodbctestw ["DSN=xxxx[;UID=xxxx][;PWD=xxxx][;OPT=value]"] DESCRIPTION The iodbctest program and iodbtestw programs are simple ODBC sample programs, showing the strength of the ODBC API to connect to any ODBC enabled database, issue SQL commands and retrieve the query results. The iodbctest program uses the standard ODBC API calls…
NAME inxi – Command line system information script for console and IRC SYNOPSIS inxi inxi [-AbBCdDfFGhiIlmMnNopPrRsSuUVwzZ] inxi [-c NUMBER] [-t [c|m|cm|mc][NUMBER]] [-v NUMBER] [-W LOCATION] [–weather-unit {m|i|mi|im}] [-y WIDTH] inxi [–memory-modules] [–memory-short] [–recommends] [–slots] [–usb] inxi [-x|-xx|-xxx|-a|–admin] -OPTION(s) All options have long form variants – see below for these and more advanced options. DESCRIPTION inxi…
NAME inb, outb, inw, outw, inl, outl – access I/O ports SYNOPSIS inb ADDRESS inw ADDRESS inl ADDRESS outb ADDRESS DATA outw ADDRESS DATA outl ADDRESS DATA EXAMPLES inb 0x278 outw 0x440 0xffff DESCRIPTION These commands enable command line and script access directly to I/O ports on PC hardware. The "inb", "inw" and "inl" commands…
NAME intro – introduction to user commands DESCRIPTION Section 1 of the manual describes user commands and tools, for example, file manipulation tools, shells, compilers, web browsers, file and image viewers and editors, and so on. NOTES Linux is a flavor of UNIX, and as a first approximation all user commands under UNIX work precisely…
NAME interdiff – show differences between two diff files SYNOPSIS interdiff [[-p n] | [–strip-match=n]] [[-U n] | [–unified=n]] [[-d PAT] | [–drop-context=PAT]] [[-q] | [–quiet]] [[-z] | [–decompress]] [[-b] | [–ignore-space-change]] [[-B] | [–ignore-blank-lines]] [[-i] | [–ignore-case]] [[-w] | [–ignore-all-space]] [[–interpolate] | [–combine] | [–flip]] [–no-revert-omitted] diff1 diff2 interdiff {[–help] | [–version]} DESCRIPTION interdiff creates a unified…
NAME intel_upload_blit_small – microbenchmark of Intel GPU performance SYNOPSIS intel_upload_blit_small DESCRIPTION intel_upload_blit_small is a microbenchmark tool for DRM performance. It should be run with kernel modesetting enabled, and may require root privilege for correct operation. It does not require X to be running. Given that it is a microbenchmark, its utility is largely for regression…
NAME intel_upload_blit_large_map – microbenchmark of Intel GPU performance SYNOPSIS intel_upload_blit_large_map DESCRIPTION intel_upload_blit_large_map is a microbenchmark tool for DRM performance. It should be run with kernel modesetting enabled, and may require root privilege for correct operation. It does not require X to be running. Given that it is a microbenchmark, its utility is largely for regression…
NAME intel_upload_blit_large_gtt – microbenchmark of Intel GPU performance SYNOPSIS intel_upload_blit_large_gtt DESCRIPTION intel_upload_blit_large_gtt is a microbenchmark tool for DRM performance. It should be run with kernel modesetting enabled, and may require root privilege for correct operation. It does not require X to be running. Given that it is a microbenchmark, its utility is largely for regression…
NAME intel_upload_blit_large – microbenchmark of Intel GPU performance SYNOPSIS intel_upload_blit_large DESCRIPTION intel_upload_blit_large is a microbenchmark tool for DRM performance. It should be run with kernel modesetting enabled, and may require root privilege for correct operation. It does not require X to be running. Given that it is a microbenchmark, its utility is largely for regression…
NAME intel_stepping – Display the stepping information for an Intel GPU SYNOPSIS intel_stepping DESCRIPTION intel_stepping is a tool to print the stepping information for an Intel GPU, along with the PCI ID and revision used to determine it. It requires root privilege to map the graphics device. BUGS Not all the known stepping IDs or…
NAME intel_reg_write – Set an Intel GPU register to a value SYNOPSIS intel_reg_write register value DESCRIPTION intel_reg_write is a tool to set Intel GPU registers to values, for use in speeding up debugging. The register and value arguments are given as hexadecimal. EXAMPLES intel_reg_write 0x61230 0x0 Disables the first internal panel fitter. Index
NAME intel_reg_read – Reads an Intel GPU register value SYNOPSIS intel_reg_read register DESCRIPTION intel_reg_read is a tool to read Intel GPU registers, for use in debugging. The register argument is given as hexadecimal. EXAMPLES intel_reg_read 0x61230 Shows the register value for the first internal panel fitter. Index
NAME intel_reg_dumper – Decode a bunch of Intel GPU registers for debugging SYNOPSIS intel_reg_dumper [ options ] [ file ] DESCRIPTION intel_reg_dumper is a tool to read and decode the values of many Intel GPU registers. It is commonly used in debugging video mode setting issues. If the file argument is present, the registers will…
NAME intel_panel_fitter – Change the panel fitter settings SYNOPSIS intel_panel_fitter [options] DESCRIPTION intel_panel_fitter is a tool that allows you to change the panel fitter settings, so you can change the size of the screen being displayed on your monitor without changing the real pixel size of your desktop. The biggest use case for this tool…
NAME intel_lid – Polls the values of different reports about laptop lid state. SYNOPSIS intel_lid DESCRIPTION intel_lid is a tool to poll ACPI and the BIOS scratch register’s reporting of laptop lid state. This can be used for debugging issues with laptop modesetting for lid opening and closing. Index
NAME intel_infoframes – View and change HDMI InfoFrames SYNOPSIS intel_infoframes DESCRIPTION intel_infoframes is a tool to view and change the HDMI InfoFrames sent by the GPU. Its main purpose is to be used as a debugging tool. In some cases (e.g., when changing modes) the Kernel will undo the changes made by this tool. Descriptions…
NAME intel_gtt – Dump the contents of an Intel GPU’s GTT SYNOPSIS intel_gtt DESCRIPTION intel_gtt is a tool to view the contents of the GTT on an Intel GPU. The GTT is the page table that maps between GPU addresses and system memory. This tool can be useful in debugging the Linux AGP driver initialization…
NAME intel_gpu_top – Display a top-like summary of Intel GPU usage SYNOPSIS intel_gpu_top intel_gpu_top [ parameters ] DESCRIPTION intel_gpu_top is a tool to display usage information of an Intel GPU. It requires root privilege to map the graphics device. Options -s [samples per second] number of samples to acquire per second -o [output file] collect…
NAME intel_error_decode – Decodes an Intel GPU dump automatically captured by the kernel at the time of an error. SYNOPSIS intel_error_decode intel_error_decode [ filename ] DESCRIPTION intel_error_decode is a tool that decodes the instructions and state of the GPU at the time of an error. It requires kernel 2.6.34 or newer, and either debugfs mounted…
NAME intel_bios_reader – Parses an Intel BIOS and displays many of its tables SYNOPSIS intel_bios_reader filename DESCRIPTION intel_bios_reader is a tool to parse the contents of an Intel video BIOS file. The file can come from intel_bios_dumper. This can be used for quick debugging of video bios table handling, which is harder when done inside…