Updating OpenGL support (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Mesa 12.0.6)
I'm not an expert and am looking for troubleshooting guidance.
I'm pretty sure my GPU hardware supports OpenGL 4.3, but I'm actually just looking for support up to 4.1 since I have Mesa 12.0.6 installed.
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version" returns:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 12.0.6
I think I have the radeon driver installed. lspci -k | grep -EA2 'VGA|3D' returns:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Not sure where to proceed from here. My understanding is that I'm using the recommended graphics driver for 16.04 LTS, and Mesa 12.0.6 should support up to 4.3, but I'm only getting 3.0 at the moment. How can I get this up to at least 4.1?
Thanks in advance.
Edit 1:
I should probably mention I'd like to develop software that will run on an up-to-date out-of-the-box 16.04 LTS install, and I'd rather not request a prospective user update their kernel if necessary. I'll live with OpenGL 3.0 if the current linux kernel doesn't support anything higher.
That said, I see that we can soon expect kernel 4.8 for the 16.04.2 release, so maybe this problem will be fixed then.
Thanks.
16.04 opengl mesa
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I'm not an expert and am looking for troubleshooting guidance.
I'm pretty sure my GPU hardware supports OpenGL 4.3, but I'm actually just looking for support up to 4.1 since I have Mesa 12.0.6 installed.
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version" returns:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 12.0.6
I think I have the radeon driver installed. lspci -k | grep -EA2 'VGA|3D' returns:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Not sure where to proceed from here. My understanding is that I'm using the recommended graphics driver for 16.04 LTS, and Mesa 12.0.6 should support up to 4.3, but I'm only getting 3.0 at the moment. How can I get this up to at least 4.1?
Thanks in advance.
Edit 1:
I should probably mention I'd like to develop software that will run on an up-to-date out-of-the-box 16.04 LTS install, and I'd rather not request a prospective user update their kernel if necessary. I'll live with OpenGL 3.0 if the current linux kernel doesn't support anything higher.
That said, I see that we can soon expect kernel 4.8 for the 16.04.2 release, so maybe this problem will be fixed then.
Thanks.
16.04 opengl mesa
asked Feb 12 '17 at 17:23
Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
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First update your system bysudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. This will install mesa 12.0.6.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:26
Thanks, but I'm still getting the same result. I'll update my question to reflect current versions.
– Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
1
And you probably need the 4.8 kernel to support even 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
Runsudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04and reboot.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:33
And alsollvm-3.9is required to get OpenGL 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:41
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I'm not an expert and am looking for troubleshooting guidance.
I'm pretty sure my GPU hardware supports OpenGL 4.3, but I'm actually just looking for support up to 4.1 since I have Mesa 12.0.6 installed.
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version" returns:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 12.0.6
I think I have the radeon driver installed. lspci -k | grep -EA2 'VGA|3D' returns:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Not sure where to proceed from here. My understanding is that I'm using the recommended graphics driver for 16.04 LTS, and Mesa 12.0.6 should support up to 4.3, but I'm only getting 3.0 at the moment. How can I get this up to at least 4.1?
Thanks in advance.
Edit 1:
I should probably mention I'd like to develop software that will run on an up-to-date out-of-the-box 16.04 LTS install, and I'd rather not request a prospective user update their kernel if necessary. I'll live with OpenGL 3.0 if the current linux kernel doesn't support anything higher.
That said, I see that we can soon expect kernel 4.8 for the 16.04.2 release, so maybe this problem will be fixed then.
Thanks.
16.04 opengl mesa
asked Feb 12 '17 at 17:23
Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
21114
I'm not an expert and am looking for troubleshooting guidance.
I'm pretty sure my GPU hardware supports OpenGL 4.3, but I'm actually just looking for support up to 4.1 since I have Mesa 12.0.6 installed.
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version" returns:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 12.0.6
I think I have the radeon driver installed. lspci -k | grep -EA2 'VGA|3D' returns:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Not sure where to proceed from here. My understanding is that I'm using the recommended graphics driver for 16.04 LTS, and Mesa 12.0.6 should support up to 4.3, but I'm only getting 3.0 at the moment. How can I get this up to at least 4.1?
Thanks in advance.
Edit 1:
I should probably mention I'd like to develop software that will run on an up-to-date out-of-the-box 16.04 LTS install, and I'd rather not request a prospective user update their kernel if necessary. I'll live with OpenGL 3.0 if the current linux kernel doesn't support anything higher.
That said, I see that we can soon expect kernel 4.8 for the 16.04.2 release, so maybe this problem will be fixed then.
Thanks.
16.04 opengl mesa
16.04 opengl mesa
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First update your system bysudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. This will install mesa 12.0.6.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:26
Thanks, but I'm still getting the same result. I'll update my question to reflect current versions.
– Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
1
And you probably need the 4.8 kernel to support even 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
Runsudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04and reboot.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:33
And alsollvm-3.9is required to get OpenGL 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:41
|
show 2 more comments
First update your system bysudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. This will install mesa 12.0.6.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:26
Thanks, but I'm still getting the same result. I'll update my question to reflect current versions.
– Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
1
And you probably need the 4.8 kernel to support even 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
Runsudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04and reboot.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:33
And alsollvm-3.9is required to get OpenGL 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:41
First update your system by
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. This will install mesa 12.0.6.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:26
First update your system by
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. This will install mesa 12.0.6.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:26
Thanks, but I'm still getting the same result. I'll update my question to reflect current versions.
– Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
Thanks, but I'm still getting the same result. I'll update my question to reflect current versions.
– Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
1
1
And you probably need the 4.8 kernel to support even 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
And you probably need the 4.8 kernel to support even 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
Run
sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04 and reboot.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:33
Run
sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04 and reboot.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:33
And also
llvm-3.9 is required to get OpenGL 4.5.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:41
And also
llvm-3.9 is required to get OpenGL 4.5.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:41
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Take a look at https://askubuntu.com/a/691693/712104
Use glxinfo | grep OpenGL to get all OpenGL information and take a look at the OpenGL core profile - this will give you the actual OpenGL version.
answered Jul 13 '17 at 14:27
GPMueller
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I faced a similar problem, although my hardware supports higher versions it does not update.
If you want to run programs with a higher version of openGL you can try using the below command as found in the forumMESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=450 <programname>
answered Oct 29 '18 at 8:35
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Take a look at https://askubuntu.com/a/691693/712104
Use glxinfo | grep OpenGL to get all OpenGL information and take a look at the OpenGL core profile - this will give you the actual OpenGL version.
answered Jul 13 '17 at 14:27
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Take a look at https://askubuntu.com/a/691693/712104
Use glxinfo | grep OpenGL to get all OpenGL information and take a look at the OpenGL core profile - this will give you the actual OpenGL version.
answered Jul 13 '17 at 14:27
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Take a look at https://askubuntu.com/a/691693/712104
Use glxinfo | grep OpenGL to get all OpenGL information and take a look at the OpenGL core profile - this will give you the actual OpenGL version.
answered Jul 13 '17 at 14:27
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Take a look at https://askubuntu.com/a/691693/712104
Use glxinfo | grep OpenGL to get all OpenGL information and take a look at the OpenGL core profile - this will give you the actual OpenGL version.
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I faced a similar problem, although my hardware supports higher versions it does not update.
If you want to run programs with a higher version of openGL you can try using the below command as found in the forumMESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=450 <programname>
answered Oct 29 '18 at 8:35
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I faced a similar problem, although my hardware supports higher versions it does not update.
If you want to run programs with a higher version of openGL you can try using the below command as found in the forumMESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=450 <programname>
answered Oct 29 '18 at 8:35
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I faced a similar problem, although my hardware supports higher versions it does not update.
If you want to run programs with a higher version of openGL you can try using the below command as found in the forumMESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=450 <programname>
answered Oct 29 '18 at 8:35
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I faced a similar problem, although my hardware supports higher versions it does not update.
If you want to run programs with a higher version of openGL you can try using the below command as found in the forumMESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=450 <programname>
answered Oct 29 '18 at 8:35
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answered Oct 29 '18 at 8:35
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First update your system by
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. This will install mesa 12.0.6.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:26
Thanks, but I'm still getting the same result. I'll update my question to reflect current versions.
– Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
1
And you probably need the 4.8 kernel to support even 4.5.
– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:32
Run
sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04and reboot.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:33
And also
llvm-3.9is required to get OpenGL 4.5.– Pilot6
Feb 12 '17 at 17:41