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Add guides on how to manually collect bug report system information #58

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@ -40,9 +40,15 @@ Run `echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE` in a terminal.
TODO: Pick an option: `lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'` or `glxinfo -B` TODO: Pick an option: `lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'` or `glxinfo -B`
or something else? or something else?
`lspci` should be accessible on every Linux system, but the driver version is not `lspci` should be accessible on every Linux system, but the driver version is not
printed. `glxinfo` may need to be installed on some distros (Including Ubuntu), printed. Is this enough? `glxinfo` may need to be installed on some distros
but it prints GPU and driver version. `glxinfo` is usally proviede as part (Ubuntu needs it installed), but it prints GPU and driver version.
of `mesa-utils`, so the vast majority of distros should offer it. But only of the active display GPU, which may not be the GPU the the user is
launching Blender with. `glxinfo` is usally provided as part of `mesa-utils`, so
the vast majority of distros should offer it.
We can write guides for each GPU vendor, but this means we need to keep it
updated as new GPU vendors are introduced (which may become more common if the
Blender foundation makes a ARM on Linux version).
## Blender Version ## Blender Version