Updating OpenGL on Solus Gnome

M4HD1BD

Hi!
I've a machine with Solus Gnome installed, I don't usually do any graphics related stuffs but recently while investigating crash of an application. I found out that my OpenGL is well out of date.

glxinfo | grep "OpenGL" returns:

OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) G33 OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 20.3.3 OpenGL extensions: OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 20.3.3 OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16 OpenGL ES profile extensions:

As you can see it is 1.4 and that application requires 2.1 or more. So how can I update the version? I've searched but haven't found any solution, any help is appreciated.

aleksvor

Unfortunately, it seems that your integrated GPU is too old. According to this doc, Intel G33 is limited to OpenGL 1.4 on hardware side. Mesa (the OpenGL implementation that is commonly used on Linux) is capable of providing OpenGL 4.6 on hardware that can handle that.
Seems that your only option is a hardware upgrade.

M4HD1BD

aleksvor huh didn't know that. As far as I remember my windows had OpenGL 3 or something, not quite sure though.
Thanks anyway.

DataDrake

M4HD1BD Apples and Oranges. Each OS has their own set of drivers which will ultimately determine the level of OpenGL compatibility. On Windows, these drivers come directly from the vendor and are able to be fully closed-source. On Linux, vendors can do that too (Nvidia), but most opt to work with the Mesalib project. Mesa provides the OpenGL driver and therefore it's up to them to enable higher levels of compatibility. G33 is ₁₄ years old, predating much of the OpenGL specification. Any new functionality would need to be emulated, and it's unlikely the Mesa developers have the time or priority to do so.