%general-entities; ]> Mesa Mesa is an OpenGL compatible 3D graphics library. Mesa is updated relatively often. You may want to use the latest available &mesa-major-minor;.x mesa version. &lfs121_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &mesa-md5sum; Download size: &mesa-size; Estimated disk space required: &mesa-buildsize; Estimated build time: &mesa-time; Additional Downloads Recommended patch: (installs 2 demo programs for testing Mesa - not needed if you install the mesa-demos package) Mesa Dependencies Required , , and Recommended (required for Vulkan support), (to provide VA-API support for some gallium drivers, note that there is a circular dependency. You must build libva first without EGL and GLX support, install this package, and rebuild libva), (to build VDPAU drivers), (required for the r300, r600, and radeonsi drivers, and the LLVMpipe software rasterizer which can make the swrast driver much faster), (required for , GNOME, and recommended for ), and (required for Vulkan support) Optional , , , , , mesa-demos (provides more than 300 extra demos to test Mesa; this includes the same programs added by the patch above), Bellagio OpenMAX Integration Layer (for mobile platforms), and libtizonia, Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary: The corresponding Mesa Gallium3D driver name is provided as the comment for the configuration entries. If you don't know the name of the Mesa Gallium3D driver for your GPU, see below. CONFIG_DRM_RADEON, CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU, CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU, and CONFIG_DRM_I915 may require firmware. See for details. Selecting CONFIG_DRM_RADEON or CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU as y is not recommended. If it is, any required firmware must be built as a part of the kernel image or the initramfs for the driver to function correctly. The sub-entries under CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU are used to ensure the AMDGPU kernel driver supports all GPUs using the radeonsi driver. They are not needed if you won't need CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU itself. They may be unneeded for some GPU models. For swrast, CONFIG_DRM_VGEM is not strictly needed but recommended as an optimization. mesa If you have downloaded the xdemos patch (needed if testing the Xorg installation per BLFS instructions), apply it by running the following command: patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-add_xdemos-2.patch Install Mesa by running the following commands: mkdir build && cd build && meson setup \ --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \ --buildtype=release \ -Dplatforms=x11,wayland \ -Dgallium-drivers=auto \ -Dvulkan-drivers=auto \ -Dvalgrind=disabled \ -Dlibunwind=disabled \ .. && ninja To test the results, issue: meson configure -Dbuild-tests=true && ninja test. Now, as the root user: ninja install If desired, install the optional documentation by running the following commands as the root user: cp -rv ../docs -T /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; --buildtype=release: This switch ensures a fully-optimized build, and disables debug assertions which will severely slow down the libraries in certain use-cases. Without this switch, build sizes can span into the 2GB range. -Dgallium-drivers=auto: This parameter controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built. auto selects all Gallium3D drivers available for x86: r300 (for ATI Radeon 9000 or Radeon X series), r600 (for AMD/ATI Radeon HD 2000-6000 series), radeonsi (for AMD Radeon HD 7000 or newer AMD GPU models), nouveau (for Supported NVIDIA GPUs, they are listed as all 3D features either DONE or N/A in the Nouveau status page), virgl (for QEMU virtual GPU with virglrender support; note that BLFS is not built with virglrender), svga (for VMWare virtual GPU), swrast (using CPU for 3D rasterisation; note that it's much slower than using a modern 3D-capable GPU, so it should be only used if the GPU is not supported by other drivers), iris (for Intel GPUs shipped with Broadwell or newer CPUs), crocus (for Intel GMA 3000, X3000 series, 4000 series, or X4000 series GPUs shipped with chipsets, or Intel HD GPUs shipped with pre-Broadwell CPUs), i915 (for Intel GMA 900, 950, 3100, or 3150 GPUs shipped with chipsets or Atom D/N 4xx/5xx CPUs). You may replace auto with a comma-separated list to build only a subset of these drivers if you precisely know which drivers you need, for example -Dgallium-drivers=radeonsi,iris,swrast. -Dplatforms=...: This parameter controls which windowing systems will be supported. Available linux platforms are x11 and wayland. -Dvulkan-drivers=auto: This switch enables support for the Vulkan graphics API. It automatically builds all graphics drivers that are available for Vulkan. If you wish to build specific drivers, valid options include 'amd', 'intel', 'intel_hasvk', and 'swrast'. If you do not want Vulkan support, change 'auto' to "". -Dvalgrind=disabled: This parameter disables the usage of Valgrind during the build process. Remove this parameter if you have Valgrind installed, and wish to check for memory leaks. -Dlibunwind=disabled: This parameter disables the usage of libunwind. meson configure -Dbuild-tests=true: This command will reconfigure the build to set -Dbuild-tests=true, but keep the other options specified in the meson setup command unchanged. It allows ninja test to build and run unit tests. -Degl-native-platform="...": This parameter controls which Embedded Graphics Library support will be built. Available linux options are auto (default), x11, wayland, surfaceless, and drm. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed DRI Drivers Installed VDPAU Drivers Installed Vulkan Drivers Installed Directories glxgears and glxinfo libEGL.so, libGL.so, libGLESv1_CM.so, libGLESv2.so, libgbm.so, libglapi.so, and libxatracker.so crocus_dri.so, i915_dri.so, iris_dri.so, kms_swrast_dri.so, nouveau_dri.so, nouveau_drv_video.so, r300_dri.so, r600_dri.so, r600_drv_video.so, radeonsi_dri.so, radeonsi_drv_video.so, swrast_dri.so, virtio_gpu_dri.so, virtio_gpu_drv_video.so, and vmwgfx_dri.so libvdpau_nouveau.so, libvdpau_r300.so libvdpau_r600.so, and libvdpau_radeonsi.so libvdpau_virtio_gpu.so (Many of these drivers are hard-linked). libvulkan_intel_hasvk.so, libvulkan_intel.so, libvulkan_lvp.so, and libvulkan_radeon.so $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{EGL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR}, $XORG_PREFIX/lib/{dri,vdpau}}, $XORG_PREFIX/share/drirc.d (contains workarounds for various applications, particularly browsers and games), $XORG_PREFIX/share/vulkan, and /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; Short Descriptions glxgears is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics problems glxgears glxinfo is a diagnostic program that displays information about the graphics hardware and installed GL libraries glxinfo libEGL.so provides a native platform graphics interface as defined by the EGL-1.4 specification libEGL.so libgbm.so is the Mesa Graphics Buffer Manager library libgbm.so libGLESv1_CM.so is the Mesa OpenGL ES 1.1 library libGLESv1_CM.so libGLES2.so is the Mesa OpenGL ES 2.0 library libGLES2.so libGL.so is the main Mesa OpenGL library libGL.so