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dragon321

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Registered: 2016-01-24

Posts: 21

[SOLVED]Mesa-Git - OpenGL 4 not available

Hi everyone, i have hybrid graphics in my laptop computer. I have these graphic cards: Intel HD4000 and Radeon HD7670M. I'm using mesa-git from this repository:

[mesa-git]
Server = http://pkgbuild.com/~lcarlier/$repo/$arch

I'm using only mesa-git and xf86-video-ati-git packages. I'm using normal xf86-video-intel package from Arch repository, because git version causes many lags in display. To switch graphics i'm using PRIME method which is described here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PRIME

So, this is output from command DRI_PRIME=1 glxinfo | grep OpenGL

OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD TURKS (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.9.0)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-b3340cd)
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-b3340cd)
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-b3340cd)
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.00
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

As you can see OpenGL version is 3.0. I wonder why, because Radeon should have OpenGL 4 with latest mesa drivers. Steam reports OpenGL version 3.0 too. Intel card isn't support OpenGL4 on Linux, but Radeon should support it. How i can activate OpenGL4?

In normal mesa drivers from Arch repository i don't have OpenGL4 too. I had OpenGL 4 on AMD proprietary drivers, but i want to use open source drivers. Please excuse me mistakes, English isn't my first language.

Last edited by dragon321 (2016-01-26 19:56:24)

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: [SOLVED]Mesa-Git - OpenGL 4 not available

Not all cards supported by mesa r600g/radeonsi driver have OpenGL 4.x .

Your videocard uses the TURKS chipset from the Northern Islands family .

Read http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/ , the OpenGL compatiblity line.
Check the foot note mentioned for NI chipsets.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2016-01-25 13:12:56)

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dragon321

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Registered: 2016-01-24

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED]Mesa-Git - OpenGL 4 not available

Yeah, you're right. Mesa doesn't support OpenGL4 on my graphics card. I haven't noticed this informations.

Thank you for help. So, 'problem' is solved now.