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NVIDIA DriveOS 7.0.3 Linux SDK Developer Guide

NVIDIA DriveOS 7.0.3 Linux SDK Developer Guide - Home

NVIDIA DriveOS 7.0.3 Linux SDK Developer Guide

Table of Contents

  • Embedded Software Components
  • DRIVE AGX SoC
  • Windowing

Windowing#

This topic describes the three window systems for Linux:

  • X11

  • Wayland

  • EGLDevice/EGLOutput

The following table lists the window system name and its main library.

Window System

Main Library

X11 Window System

X Server

Wayland Window System

Weston Compositor

EGLDevice/EGLOutput

No main library.

  • Wayland Window System
    • EGLOutput/EGLDevice Specifications
    • Runtime Configuration
    • DRM backend
    • Weston Common Options
    • Weston Backend Options
    • Weston Configuration File Location
    • Weston Display Configuration
    • Prerequisites to Starting Weston
    • Starting Weston
    • Running Weston Samples
    • Compositing Mode in Weston
    • weston-debug
    • Weston dma-buf Support
    • Gnome-Wayland Desktop Shell Support
  • EGLDevice
    • EGLDevice
    • EGLOutput
    • EGLStream
  • X11 Window System
    • Manually Starting X Server
    • Runtime Configuration
    • Using xrandr for Runtime Configuration
    • Querying Supported Monitors and Screen Resolutions
    • Obtaining Additional Help
    • Modifying the Static Configuration (Optional)
    • Using nvidia-xconfig to Configure xorg.conf
    • Modifying xorg.conf

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