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Mio_kaomi

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Registered: 2024-10-14

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how to check if drivers are updated

hello

ive been running into some problems in some applications and it tells me that the graphics drivers are outdated (i did not have the problem before)

how do i check this and if they are outdated how do i update them

edit i am using a dell e7450 with intel hd graphics 5500

i also use kde plasma

Last edited by Mio_kaomi (2024-10-14 16:15:19)

Trilby

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Re: how to check if drivers are updated

What applications are telling you this, and exactly what / how are they telling you?  Please post the actual output / error messages that you see.

All you need to do to update installed drivers, or any other packages, is run `pacman -Syu`.  But I suspect the problem is not about actually updating any drivers, but rather selecting the proper API packages (i.e., vulkan or similar).

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cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

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Re: how to check if drivers are updated

you likely try to run some windows games thru proton
two issues:
first: most games assume a gpu from amd or nvidia - and error might be raised already by using an unsupported intel igpu
second: due to the layers of proton the game might not get the information it usually requests via some directX api call and the error message is just in some fallback/fallthru codepath
have a look at protondb about the compatibility and contact the dev - possible you like get replies back like proton / igpu not supported

Mio_kaomi

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Registered: 2024-10-14

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Re: how to check if drivers are updated

gpu initialization failed

da vinchi resolve could not  initialize opengl. please insure that the latest graphics drivers are installed

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

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Re: how to check if drivers are updated

intel hd 5500 - broadwell - core i 5th gen from q4/2014
best guess: the system is too old and doesn't meet the requirements of current davinci resolve

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,309

Re: how to check if drivers are updated

Let's first check some stuff

glxinfo -B

and a xorg log: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General if you currently have x86-video-intel installed chances are you're not running any acceleration, you might want to remove that.