Mesa caution to All users

aldyr · May 24, 2025, 2:37pm

I experience the issue. Chroot-ing and downgrading the mesa package worked, thanks!

$ lspci | grep 'VGA'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] (rev a1)

$ pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/mesa 1:25.0.5-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6
    Essential Mesa utilities

$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] driver: nouveau
    v: kernel
  Device-3: Goodong USB Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: iris,nouveau
    gpu: i915 resolution: 2560x1440~165Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nouveau,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
    renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (ADL GT2)
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Fouif · May 24, 2025, 3:44pm

Issue experienced too, mesa downgraded via chrooting, now ok

$ lspci | grep 'VGA'
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] (rev a1)

inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] driver: nouveau
    v: kernel
  Device-3: Chicony HP Wide Vision HD Camera driver: N/A type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 driver: X: loaded: intel,modesetting
    dri: i965,nouveau gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nouveau,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
    renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

$ pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/mesa 1:25.0.5-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6

MichelN · May 24, 2025, 3:52pm

Updated 2 machines, 1 has a nvidia gtx 1070 card and one has an old ati card. Both notebooks booted just fine. Looks like RTX cards are affected.

Can someone test if the fallback mode is working in grub/systemd boot.

tornnomar · May 25, 2025, 3:04am

I had the same issue on my machine with RTX 3060. I mounted / and /boot/efi.
I then updated, was met with nothing to do. Satisfied I was updated, I reinstalled nvidia, then rebuilt the initramfs. For giggles I re-enabled the display manager service (lightdm in my case) exited chroot and rebooted and all seems to be working now. Maybe it’s important to note that I did not downgrade mesa or any other package(s). Just did the things I mentioned.

Nic1920 · May 25, 2025, 3:22am

I have no issues so far

❯ lspci | grep 'VGA'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)

~
❯ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera (1280x720@30) driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 24.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: gnome-shell v: 48.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: iris
    gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
    renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

~
❯ pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 1:25.1.1-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/mesa 1:25.1.1-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6
    Essential Mesa utilities

Rodgi · May 25, 2025, 5:51am

Yes I ran into this problem, my system hung and was completely unresponsive until a hard reboot. I think REISUB didn’t even work (I’ve used it before). This happened repeatably on the LTS kernel (my default). I switched to the mainline kernel for the last few days and it hasn’t happened at all. I’m on KDE with an RX 6700XT.

lspci | grep 'VGA'
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] (rev c1)

inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel AlderLake-S GT1 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700
    XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,modesetting
    unloaded: radeon dri: radeonsi,iris gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 2560x1440~165Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,radeonsi,swrast,zink
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
    renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi navi22 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.61
    6.14.6-arch1-1)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: radv surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

local/mesa 1:25.1.1-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/linux-lts 6.12.29-1
    The LTS Linux kernel and modules
local/linux 6.14.6.arch1-1
    The Linux kernel and modules

MichelN · May 25, 2025, 6:37am

Did anyone test this before chrooting the system ?

Acer Predator G9-793-71SJ: Mesa updated.

$ lspci | grep 'VGA'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP104BM [GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile] (rev a1)

$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104BM [GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile] driver: nvidia
    v: 570.153.02
  Device-2: Realtek HD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nouveau,nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.153.02
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

$ pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 1:25.1.1-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/mesa 1:25.1.1-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6
    Essential Mesa utilities

MSI Crosshair 15 B12UGSZ: Mesa not updated since RTX is affected.

$ lspci | grep 'VGA'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] (rev a1)

$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] driver: nvidia
    v: 570.153.02
  Device-3: Bison HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
    gpu: i915 resolution: 2560x1440~165Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nouveau,nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
    renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (ADL GT2)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

$ pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 1:25.0.5-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/mesa 1:25.0.5-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-5
    Essential Mesa utilities

MichelN · May 25, 2025, 11:10am

You did not install the nvidia driver, your using nouveau.

TheWorldsAddress · May 25, 2025, 11:28am

No issues so far.

HP Omen 25L Desktop GT12-1420nd

$ lspci | grep 'VGA'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] (rev a1)

$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] driver: nvidia
    v: 570.153.02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nouveau,nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.153.02
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

$ pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 1:25.1.1-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/mesa 1:25.1.1-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6
    Essential Mesa utilities