diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index f0d9e75..d7cca91 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -6409,7 +6409,8 @@ get_graphics_glx_data()
 	# if [[ $B_SHOW_DISPLAY_DATA == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
 	if [[ $B_SHOW_DISPLAY_DATA == 'true' ]];then
 		IFS=$'\n'
-		A_GLX_DATA=( $( eval glxinfo -B $DISPLAY_OPT 2>/dev/null | gawk -F ': ' '
+		# NOTE: glxinfo -B is not always available, unforunately
+		A_GLX_DATA=( $( eval glxinfo $DISPLAY_OPT 2>/dev/null | gawk -F ': ' '
 		# the real question here though is why this function is even here, seems
 		# just to be a complicated way to pack/print a variable, but maybe the
 		# original idea was to handle > 1 cases of detections I guess
@@ -6469,6 +6470,10 @@ get_graphics_glx_data()
 		/direct rendering/ {
 			$2 && c[$2]
 		}
+		# if -B was always available, we could skip this, but it is not
+		/GLX Visuals/ {
+			exit
+		}
 		END {
 			dr = join( c, ", " )
 			oglr = join( a, ", " )