Hi
First - thanks so much for developing this linux distro - exactly what I've been looking for - up to date platform like Arch but so much better because it's based on Debian! :-)
I just purchased the new Doom The Dark Ages game and it needs to have the latest Mesa version from Git installed (game crashes immediately on launch, lots of people investigated, and new Git version of Mesa has needed fix, based on SteamDeck fix). Can you please push this git version of Mesa drivers asap? It would be much appreciated as I'm very anxious to play this new Doom :-)
Thanks
towo:Defiant> dpkg -l | grep mesa
ii libegl-mesa0:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 free implementation of the EGL API -- Mesa vendor library
ii libegl-mesa0:i386 25.2.0~git20250509-1 i386 free implementation of the EGL API -- Mesa vendor library
ii libegl1-mesa-dev:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 free implementation of the EGL API -- development files
ii libgl1-mesa-dev:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 transitional dummy package
ii libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules
ii libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 25.2.0~git20250509-1 i386 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules
ii libglapi-mesa:i386 25.1.0~git20250313-1 i386 free implementation of the GL API -- shared library
ii libgles2-mesa-dev:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 transitional dummy package
ii libglu1-mesa:amd64 9.0.2-1.1+b3 amd64 Mesa OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii libglu1-mesa:i386 9.0.2-1.1+b3 i386 Mesa OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii libglu1-mesa-dev:amd64 9.0.2-1.1+b3 amd64 Mesa OpenGL utility library -- development files
ii libglx-mesa0:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX vendor library
ii libglx-mesa0:i386 25.2.0~git20250509-1 i386 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX vendor library
ii libosmesa6:i386 25.2.0~git20250509-1 i386 Mesa Off-screen rendering extension
ii mesa-common-dev:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 Developer documentation for Mesa
ii mesa-libgallium:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 shared infrastructure for Mesa drivers
ii mesa-libgallium:i386 25.2.0~git20250509-1 i386 shared infrastructure for Mesa drivers
ii mesa-opencl-icd:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenCL API -- ICD runtime
ii mesa-utils 9.0.0-2+b2 amd64 Miscellaneous Mesa utilities -- symlinks
ii mesa-utils-bin:amd64 9.0.0-2+b2 amd64 Miscellaneous Mesa utilities -- native applications
ii mesa-va-drivers:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 Mesa VA-API video acceleration drivers
ii mesa-va-drivers:i386 25.2.0~git20250509-1 i386 Mesa VA-API video acceleration drivers
ii mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 Mesa VDPAU video acceleration drivers
ii mesa-vdpau-drivers:i386 25.2.0~git20250509-1 i386 Mesa VDPAU video acceleration drivers
ii mesa-vulkan-drivers:amd64 25.2.0~git20250509-1 amd64 Mesa Vulkan graphics drivers
ii mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 25.2.0~git20250509-1 i386 Mesa Vulkan graphics drivers
Mesa git is always available.
Thanks for the quick response. How did you get that? When I do dpkg -l | grep mesa I don't see those git versions. Latest I see is 25.0.5-1
QuoteHow did you get that?
Easy, use the right repo.
towo:Defiant> LANG=C apt policy libgl1-mesa-dri
libgl1-mesa-dri:
Installed: 25.2.0~git20250509-1
Candidate: 25.2.0~git20250509-1
Version table:
*** 25.2.0~git20250509-1 500
500 https://packages.siduction.org/extra experimental/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
25.0.5-1 500
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
24.2.3-2 500
500 https://packages.siduction.org/fixes unstable/main amd64 Packages
Hi - this is obviously basic for you, but I'm relatively new to this kind of thing. I'm guessing to add the repo I need a new list file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ but would you be able to show exactly what needs to be created/added to make that git repo for mesa available please?
Thanks
Take a look at towo's output.
Quote25.2.0~git20250509-1 500
500 https://packages.siduction.org/extra experimental/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
You have to search for the active entry in the file
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/extra.sources and add " experimental" to the line "Suites: unstable".
Suites: unstable experimentalAfterwards
apt update
apt-get -t experimental install libgl1-mesa-driA simulation (-s option) for me shows the upgrade to version 25.2.0 -- german output
apt-get -s -t experimental install libgl1-mesa-dri
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Die folgenden zusätzlichen Pakete werden installiert:
libegl-mesa0 libgbm1 libglx-mesa0 mesa-libgallium mesa-va-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers
Die folgenden Pakete werden aktualisiert (Upgrade):
libegl-mesa0 libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libglx-mesa0 mesa-libgallium mesa-va-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers
8 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 119 nicht aktualisiert.
Inst libgl1-mesa-dri [25.0.5-1] (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Inst mesa-va-drivers [25.0.5-1] (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Inst libglx-mesa0 [25.0.5-1] (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64]) []
Inst libegl-mesa0 [25.0.5-1] (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64]) []
Inst libgbm1 [25.0.5-1] (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64]) []
Inst mesa-libgallium [25.0.5-1] (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Inst mesa-vdpau-drivers [25.0.5-1] (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Inst mesa-vulkan-drivers [25.0.5-1] (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Conf libgl1-mesa-dri (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Conf mesa-va-drivers (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Conf libglx-mesa0 (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Conf libegl-mesa0 (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Conf libgbm1 (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Conf mesa-libgallium (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Conf mesa-vdpau-drivers (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Conf mesa-vulkan-drivers (25.2.0~git20250509-1 siduction [amd64])
Thank you scholle1 for the detailed answer. Your help is appreciated.