Today's update broke my system(mesa update)

General system Newbie
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FWIW I’ve just updated mesa and can report that there were no problems with the older Intel HD graphics (HD4000/4400).

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I had the same problem and had to downgrade mesa to use my laptop. Here is the GPU info if it helps.

[person@system ~]$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 driver: X: loaded: intel
    unloaded: modesetting dri: i965 gpu: i915 resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz
    2: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast platforms: x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.1-arch1.1
    renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1)
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inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3 driver: X:
    loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
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Most of you shouldn’t be using the intel driver, you should be using modesetting.

Try removing the package xf86-video-intel

xf86-video-intel hasn’t been maintained in years. It is only needed for very old Intel hardware.

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Going to reboot after removing xf86-video-intel

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Thanks that did the trick on this old install of Arch. :+1:

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Ahhhhh…now that makes sense…

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Ah, I was already using modesetting! :joy:

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Be kind with me, but… how old a hardware do you mean (roughly). I keep using a 2009 Dell 6500 for light tasks, till it dies out. :blush:

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That is borderline. Which CPU is it, exactly?

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Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics driver: i915

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Your CPU is a Core 2 Duo.

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That isn’t specific enough. We need the actual model number.

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https://www.productindetail.com/pn/dell-latitude-e6500 Hope that helps.

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According to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units

That is 4th gen so it should work with the modesetting driver.

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I have xf86-video-intel installed. My graphics info is further up the thread. So what is the steps that i should follow? sudo pacman -R xf86-video-intel then sudo pacman -Syu to update that mesa package and then a reboot?

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Yes, exactly.

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My bad, poor eyesight. Just realized you were asking for the CPU. Well, I got two old Latitudes:
Dell Latitude E 6500 is :
2 x Intel Core Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHZ

Dell Latitude E6510:
4 × Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz

Most obliged in advance. :+1:

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Just got the issue and downgrading mesa worked. I’m actually using a VM so the spice/qxl driver also seems to be affected as well:

$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Red Hat QXL paravirtual graphic card driver: qxl v: kernel
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
    compositor: gnome-shell v: 45.2 driver: X: loaded: N/A unloaded: modesetting
    gpu: qxl resolution: 2560x1600~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 23.3.1-arch1.1 renderer: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits)
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.

Here is the grep mesa /var/log/pacman.log for today:

[2023-12-31T18:35:35+0000] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (1:23.3.1-1 -> 1:23.3.2-1)
[2023-12-31T18:35:35+0000] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa (1:23.3.1-1 -> 1:23.3.2-1)
[2023-12-31T18:35:36+0000] [ALPM] upgraded libva-mesa-driver (1:23.3.1-1 -> 1:23.3.2-1)
[2023-12-31T19:01:01+0000] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/mesa-1:23.3.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2023-12-31T19:01:03+0000] [ALPM] downgraded mesa (1:23.3.2-1 -> 1:23.3.1-1)

After downgrading rom 23.3.2 back to 23.3.1 I am able to use Wayland again.

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So it kinda worked. I rebooted and get into i3 but my brightness buttons on my keyboard don’t work now. Do I not have another way of turning down brightness though? Also there’s a graphical glitch every time I change to a different workspace. I can tolerate the graphical glitch if it doesn’t mean there’s more potential problems. inxi shows its now using modesetting.

[cc@computer ~]$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel GeminiLake [UHD Graphics 600] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast platforms: x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.2-arch1.1
    renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 600 (GLK 2)