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injiniero

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Registered: 2022-04-26

Posts: 14

[SOLVED] old GL RENDERER removed

After the upgrade gtk4 to 4.18.2-1 version, nautilus and other gtk apps logs into the journal the message: "The old GL renderer has been removed. Try GSK_RENDERER=help"

I had into /etc/environment:
GSK_RENDERER=gl

as it is recommended for my old hardware.

With my hardware: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 and the nvidia-470xx-dkms driver version 470.256.02-7.95 the GNOME file app (nautilus) doesn't render the thumbnails. I think this is because the use of the ngl renderer.

Switching to:
GSK_RENDERER=vulkan

into the /etc/environment file, the thumbnails are renderer ok again.

Just FYI if you're into the same situation.

Last edited by injiniero (2025-03-26 16:03:28)

Kanehekili

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Registered: 2018-07-28

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED] old GL RENDERER removed

Same graphics card, I recommend adding:

export GSK_RENDERER=vulkan
export GDK_DEBUG=gl-no-fractional

to ~/.bash.profile or - without export - to /etc/environment.