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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`
or something else?
`lspci` should be accessible on every Linux system, but the driver version is not
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Philipp Oeser commented 2024-05-13 10:23:20 +02:00
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printed. `glxinfo` may need to be installed on some distros (Including Ubuntu),
but it prints GPU and driver version. `glxinfo` is usally proviede as part
of `mesa-utils`, so the vast majority of distros should offer it.
printed. Is this enough? `glxinfo` may need to be installed on some distros
(Ubuntu needs it installed), but it prints GPU and driver version.
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