latest mesa update prevents firefox, links, others from working

staus · 05-11-2019, 06:58 AM

Just updated to Sat May 11 00:24:01 UTC 2019 updates for 32 bit current. Alas, firefox, gkrellm, links, dolphin,rox, and probably more all failed to run. Since I cannot get a previous mesa upgrade, I downloaded the original 14.2 mesa file, and I can now use firefox etc.
Not sure why the new mesa version corrupts the system

ponce · 05-11-2019, 07:01 AM

have you installed also the newly added package in current, libglvnd?
you need that too with the newer mesa: have alook at the ChangeLog.

staus · 05-11-2019, 07:10 AM

That must be what happened. I always run "slackpkg install-new", but it didn't pick up the new libglvnd.
Thanks, I will reinstall mesa and add libglvnd.

staus · 05-11-2019, 07:22 AM

That must be what happened. I always run "slackpkg install-new", but it didn't pick up the new libglvnd.
Thanks, I will reinstall mesa and add libglvnd.

That fixed my problem. Thanks again, I must have entered the install-new command incorrectly.

orbea · 05-11-2019, 08:52 AM

Is libglvnd ready? Last time I tried to use it a while ago I found it broke some programs and mesa has it disabled by default.

ehartman · 05-11-2019, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orbea

mesa has it disabled by default.

Not anymore. From the latest ChangeLog:

Code:

x/mesa-19.0.4-i586-1.txz:  Upgraded. (x86_64 version too!)
  Compiled with --enable-libglvnd.

orbea · 05-11-2019, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ehartman

Not anymore. From the latest ChangeLog:

Code:

x/mesa-19.0.4-i586-1.txz:  Upgraded. (x86_64 version too!)
  Compiled with --enable-libglvnd.

I meant upstream mesa has it disabled by default, I'm not sure the reason why yet.

Code:

option(
  'glvnd',
  type : 'boolean',
  value : false,
  description : 'Enable GLVND support.'
)

https://github.com/mesa3d/mesa/blob/...tions.txt#L225

Edit: I asked on irc and it seems there are not any big reasons it hasn't been enabled by default other than not changing defaults and perhaps developer convenience where it may interfere with local builds.

Candelabrus · 05-11-2019, 02:22 PM

edited, my fault.

mats_b_tegner · 05-11-2019, 02:34 PM

For me using an older nVidia chipset (GeForce 9300M GS) running the legacy nVidia driver 340.107 under -current, X.Org 1.20.4 crashes on startup with libglvnd and the latest mesa 19.0.4. I had to revert to the previous mesa version to restore X.Org. I believe libglvnd requires nVidia driver 364.12 or later. I have rebuilt mesa 19.0.4 without libglvnd for the time being.