Updated and Optimized Ubuntu Free Graphics Drivers

[Melcar]

Tessellation is working in Unigine Heaven 4.0 benchmark! Running "MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.0 ./heaven" in the Heaven folder do the trick.

So for now the radeonsi driver still didn't advertise OpenGL4, but the functionality is there.

I'm using a R9 290, Kernel 4.1.3.

But Steam don't want to start with the version override, so I can't test if Metro Redux or Bioshock Infinity are working yet.

Can confirm.



Of course, it's a slideshow.

HD7850 + oibaf PPA

[oibaf]

promethe42 no idea, sorry, probably a conflict between the ppa and LTS enablement packages ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack ). I no longer have a trusty installation to test.
I suggest using LTS enablement packages or upgrading to vivid for using the ppa.

[Awesome Donkey]

For some odd reason on Ubuntu 15.04 x64, every time I add the PPA and upgrade Mesa, Unity doesn't use certain effects (e.g. the glass effect of the Unity bar is gone) and it seems Unity is running in 2d-esk type of mode. However once purging the PPA it all works again. Resetting Unity doesn't do anything either.

Any ideas?

OpenGL vendor string:   X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.42.0, LLVM 3.6.2)
OpenGL version string:  3.0 Mesa 11.0.0-devel (git-2438e2f 2015-08-19 vivid-oibaf-ppa)

Not software rendered:    yes
Not blacklisted:          yes
GLX fbconfig:             yes
GLX texture from pixmap:  yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program:        yes
GL fragment program:      yes
GL vertex buffer object:  yes
GL framebuffer object:    yes
GL version is 1.4+:       yes

Unity 3D supported:       yes

And here it is after a reboot...

OpenGL vendor string:   VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.6, 256 bits)
OpenGL version string:  3.0 Mesa 11.0.0-devel (git-2438e2f 2015-08-19 vivid-oibaf-ppa)

Not software rendered:    no
Not blacklisted:          yes
GLX fbconfig:             yes
GLX texture from pixmap:  yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program:        yes
GL fragment program:      yes
GL vertex buffer object:  yes
GL framebuffer object:    yes
GL version is 1.4+:       yes

Unity 3D supported:       no

I'm NOT using VMware.

[aboriginal]

May be are interesting in source of right debian scripts to build last llvm trunk on i386. Please, take a look at http://llvm.org/apt/unstable/pool/ma...hain-snapshot/ . Good luck!

[oibaf]

Thanks for the help. I am a bit busy ATM, so the best way would be to help fixing official llvm-3.7 in Ubuntu. Once this is done I can easily backport in the ppa and build mesa against it.

[fake_root]

you will add support Ubuntu Wily Werewolf?

[aboriginal]

LLVM 3.7 package is close to build on i386

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source...~+rc4-1ubuntu1
llvm-toolchain-3.7 (1:3.7~+rc4-1ubuntu1) wily; urgency=medium
* Merge with Debian; remaining changes: - Disable lldb on powerpc, currently ftbfs.
* libllvm3.7: Add Conflicts/Replaces to libllvm3.7v4 (anticipated backport).
* Fix build targeting i686.

This time tests failed after build
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/21579...UILDING.txt.gz
370 out of 388 test suites processed

I have two games to play with opengl 4.x: Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux. I believe in increasing fps in Dreamfall Chapters, feature releases Alien: Isolation and ArmA 3. Not sure if SOMA by Frictional Games requires opengl 4.x

[slander]

Hi oibaf, I have an old laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel 4 Series chipset (GM45 | 4500MHD). Is there any point to subscribing to this PPA? Is the driver set still updated with bugfixes and/or new features for my graphics hardware? Thank you for your work!

[aboriginal]

Arma 3 requires OpenGL 4.1 . I will waiting for llvm release.

[Dukenukemx]

Does Oibaf PPA have opengl 4.0? If not, anyway to get it working in Ubunut?