The workaround for Adeno 3XX with msm8916 should also apply to msm8974 devices and possibly more SoCs

What's the expected behaviour?

With a fully updated Edge system apps should open without new problems.

What's the current behaviour?

After the recent mesa3D updates my FP2 stopped opening apps. It's the same issue that was solved by @TravMurav for msm8916 SoCs with merge !4958: the new default renderer ngl doesn't work and we must revert to use gl.

What device are you using?

FairPhone 2, msm8974 SoC, Adreno 330 GPU. Phosh, but it's not relevant.

I fixed the issue adding export GSK_RENDERER=gl to /etc/environment. As @TravMurav had created an aport specific for msm8916 (soc-qcom-msm8916) I don't know if the same should be done for msm8974 (I think all msm8974 devices use Adreno 3XX), or whether a generic one for adreno3xx should be created. It's up to you, developers.

I'll also mention here @z3ntu, the msm8974 man. Thank you all

It's not really a "solution" as much as a workaround.

By Newbyte on 2024-04-02T17:28:14

I wonder how many platforms are affected. Maybe we need to put export GSK_RENDERER=gl at postmarketos-base-ui or somewhere else?

By Raymond Hackley on 2024-04-03T05:09:03

Yeah, I think an optional subpackage in postmarketos-base-ui which SoC packages then can depend on would be a good idea.

By Newbyte on 2024-04-03T05:09:03

I think all platform with a3xx and a5xx maybe a530 is powerful enough for ngl render. The workaround was applied for msm8953 also. !4961

By Barnabás Czémán on 2024-04-03T20:06:31

changed title from The solution for Adeno 3XX with msm8916 should apply also to msm8974 devices to The workaround for Adeno 3XX with msm8916 should also apply to msm8974 devices and possibly more SoCs

By Juan-Rafael Fernandez on 2024-04-03T07:31:24

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Widespread pushing workarounds without going into fixing the root of the problem (helping with the renderers upstream, fixing mesa issues, etc.) and engaging with upstreams is a recipe for disaster in the long-term. And so far very few people seem to have engaged upstream on the base of these issues

By Pablo Correa Gomez on 2024-05-01T19:46:55

Many issues are reported to the mesa and noones care about there is no questions about the issues no further requirements also many stuff related to gpu is not tested on kernel side most soc has downstream hacks to get gpu to work. This issue is reported to gtk and maybe it will be fixed but until we can switch back to the old render to be able to use our devices.

By Barnabás Czémán on 2024-05-01T19:46:55

mentioned in merge request !5159 (merged)

By Luca Weiss on 2024-05-21T15:52:21

added type::bug label

mentioned in issue #3212

By ΞЖKƆ/QVH on 2024-09-27T11:09:10

mentioned in merge request !5725 (merged)