ubuntu:gpu:mesa
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Ubuntu - GPU - Mesa
Mesa is an open source 3D computer graphics library that provides a generic OpenGL implementation for rendering three-dimensional graphics on multiple platforms.
- Mesa provides open source software implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and some other graphics API specifications for Intel and AMD graphics hardware.
- Mesa implements various API’s (Application programming interface) like OpenGL, OpenGL ES, OpenCL, OpenMAX, VDPAU, VA API, XvMC and Vulkan.
- With Mesa, you can play high-end games and use applications that require such graphics libraries.
Check if your system uses Mesa
Find the current version of Mesa
3D acceleration
Determine whether 3D acceleration is working:
glxinfo | grep rendering
returns:
direct rendering: Yes
The output should be: direct rendering: Yes.
Testing performance
To see how many frames per second your video card is putting out, run the following command:
glxgears -info
NOTE: The gears test is not very effective, many drivers work very well with a bad FPS in this test.
References
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