The latest Mesa 3D graphics driver now is available to install via PPA in Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 18.10. Mesa 18.3.3 was released a week ago with some bug-fixes that include: OpenGL CTS gl43 test cases were interrupted due to segment fault error: inlining failed in call to always_inline ‘__m512 _mm512_and_ps(__m512, __m512)’: target specific option mismatch format_types.h:1220: undefined reference to ...
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Mesa 3D graphics library has reached 17.1.8 release a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 17.04 via PPA. Mesa 17.1.8 has no new features but only bug-fixes that include: Fix segfault in glCompressedTextureSubImage3D [BYT] ES31-CTS.functional.copy_image.non_compressed.viewclass_96_bits.rgb32f_rgb32f radeonsi/gfx9: add a temporary workaround for a tessellation driver bug mesa: only copy requested compressed teximage cubemap faces docs: add sha256 checksums ...
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The latest Mesa 3D graphics library 17.1.2 was finally made into “Ubuntu-X” team PPA, available for Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 17.04. Mesa 17.1.2 is the second bug fix release for Mesa 17.1 series. It features following bug-fixes: Wayland revert commit breaks non-Vsync fullscreen frame updates Memory leak in Chromium browser. vulkan/tests/block_pool_no_free regression Build failure in GNOME Continuous See more details ...
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The Ubuntu-X Updates PPA just added support for Ubuntu 17.04 by providing the latest Mesa 17.0.4 graphics libraries. While Ubuntu 17.04 include Mesa 17.0.3 in its official repository be default. Mesa 17.0.4 is a bug-fix release that implements the OpenGL 4.5 API. Some drivers don’t support all the features required in OpenGL 4.5. OpenGL 4.5 is only available if requested ...
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The Mesa 17.0.2 driver now is available for Ubuntu 16.04 and/or Ubuntu 16.10 via the Ubuntu X Swat Updates PPA. Mesa 17.0.x is the first release series with the new year-based versioning system. It comes with many big changes and improvements, and is available by default in Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty. For Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Mint 18, and derivatives, ...
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Mesa 17.0 has been announced yesterday at noon with OpenGL 4.5 capability, many big changes and improvements. Mesa 17.0.0 is the first release with the new year-based versioning system. Mesa-dev announced: As some of you have noticed we’ve skipped the 14-16 releases all together. Since Mesa has reached OpenGL 4.5 capability, as of Mesa 13.0.0, we decided to make a ...
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To play the some of the latest Steam game releases in Ubuntu, you may want to install the latest stable Mesa 13.0.4. The Ubuntu-X team PPA contains Mesa 13.0.4 for both Ubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 16.10. These packages are built against LLVM 3.9.1, which fixes some bugs for Radeon users. Mesa is an open-source implementation of the OpenGL, Vulkan and ...
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