Closed Bug 1528599 Opened 6 years ago Closed 3 years ago

Use GLX_MESA_query_renderer when available to populate GfxInfo

Categories

(Core :: Graphics, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
Graphics
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1294232

People

(Reporter: gsvelto, Unassigned)

Details

On X11/GTK we rely on a glxinfo-like [1] test program to gather graphics information, this was done to prevent startup crashes caused by bad drivers. Recent OpenGL implementations all support the GLX_MESA_query_renderer [2], we should switch to using that whenever possible.

[1] https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/xre/glxtest.cpp
[2] https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenGL-Registry/blob/master/extensions/MESA/GLX_MESA_query_renderer.txt

Component: Widget: Gtk → Graphics
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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