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a free implementation of the OpenGL 3D graphics library

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Why is the Mesa OpenGL driver for Intel chips called i965?

As I understand, most Intel GPUs are supported on Linux by two different components : i965 (the Mesa/OpenGL part, supporting all recent Intel GPUs) and i915 (kernel part, similarly supporting all recent Intel GPUs). The relationship between the two…
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How to properly update Mesa drivers?

I need OpenGL 4.5 to be supported by my graphics card's driver, and as far as I know Mesa is actually able to run it. glxinfo gives me this: $ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL" OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center OpenGL renderer string:…
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How to temporarily switch to llvmpipe

I am attempting to figure out if a problem with fonts in Wine is related to my OpenGL driver (r600g). How can I temporarily switch to the llvmpipe software renderer to perform testing, then switch back to r600g? I am using Kubuntu 16.04 with Radeon…
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How to use OpenGL on Zink, Mesa, MoltenVK, and macOS

I want to play with OpenGL on macOS 11.6. Awhile ago I tried and got something to run but it seemed to be broken so I assume OpenGL doesn’t work on this version of macOS. I’ve read this is expected on newer versions of macOS. I read that I may still…
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libGL errors when starting X applications via SSH

I have a Debian stretch x64 server running in a virtual KVM machine. I have installed Cygwin on Windows 7 Pro x64 and would like to run X applications on the Debian machine, using the Cygwin X server at the Windows machine. This is my server-side…
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The standard mechanism to switch GPUs isn't undocumented, is it?

My laptop is a normal, uninteresting machine with two standard, unmultiplexed GPUs and an ordinary Debian stretch installation. The secondary GPU (a Radeon) is usually powered down but I can activate and use it by (for example) DRI_PRIME=1 glxgears.…
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3D Graphics Support on a Radeon 6870 for steam gaming

I'm running Arch Linux and I'm trying to get a Radeon HD 6870 setup for gaming on Steam, specifically for Windows games such as Skyrim and Dark Souls 3 using Wine. I've done this on a desktop with identical hardware, but an nVidia card, and…
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Kernel upgrade (4.10) made XServer and rest of the system fail (Arch)

After 5 days not using my PC, I decided to get the latest packages which involved an upgraded kernel (4.9.11 -> 4.10.1), renamed and updated radeon graphics drivers (mesa) and some changes to KDE and Xorg. Then things started to get messy after the…
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Why do i get “Permission denied” errors from using Weston/Wayland

I have built a Linux system with Buildroot (2021.05) to run on a raspberry pi 4. My graphics stack include using mesa (vc4, v3d, kmro), Wayland / Weston with a DRM back-end. Also installed kmscube, which runs perfectly with the rotating cube…
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mesa-common-dev: unmet dependencies

I'm trying to install mesa-common-dev on Ubuntu LTS: sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev however, the system returns: The following packages have unmet dependencies: mesa-common-dev : Depends: libgl-dev but it is not going to be…
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SYCL and OpenCL for AMD gpu

I have an AMD 5700XT gpu and I am trying to learn SYCL but I have a lot of doubts of the current state of AMD gpu driver stacks. According to what I read, there are several driver stacks for AMD gpus: mesa, amdgpu and amdgpu-pro. If I understand…
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Where does Mesa store its Vulkan shader cache on Linux?

I would like to delete the Mesa Vulkan shader cache for a particular application I'm using. Where is this cache stored by default on recent (Mesa 19/20) versions?
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Why isn't there a /usr/include/GL directory on OpenBSD?

I have just recently made the switched for Linux to OpenBSD. So far, I am really liking the philosophy of including the bare minimum needed to run the system, and the emphasis for clean and simple code. However, I face a small problem. I am a…
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OpenGL applications display scary error messages after Mesa re-install

After messing around with some PPAs in an attempt to upgrade the Mesa drivers under Linux Mint 17.3 KDE on my Lenovo Ideapad, I managed to seemingly bring everything back to working order. Now, however, whenever I try running an OpenGL program, I…
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swrast_dri.so is still broken in Ubuntu 14.04?

I am trying to use an astronomy software package for my work, which apparently relies on some openGL libraries that are screwed up in Ubuntu 14.04. This is the error I get (I get the same one when running the glxgears test script): glxgears libGL:…
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