Mesa 24.2.6 graphics drivers released with a few more bug fixes

By Liam Dawe - 31 October 2024 at 8:15 am UTC

The Mesa team have released another bug-fix update with Mesa 24.2.6 available now, with a couple more bug-fix releases planned before they move onto Mesa 24.3 next month.

Here's the main fixes that were noted:

radv: wrong index value in radv_skip_graphics_pipeline_compile.

Disk Cache DB file descriptors are not closed on exec.

Shader cache takes too many fds (this was listed twice).

Disk Cache DB file descriptors are not closed on exec.

radv: `test_instruction_msad_dxil` from vkd3d-proton fails on hawaii.

[vulkan-intel][regression] War Thunder causes GPU hang.

Taken from the release notes.

Pictured - War Thunder

Want to know when more releases are due? Here's the current release calendar:

24.2.7 - Due November 13th.
24.2.8 - Due November 27th.
24.3.0 - Due November 20th (either RC4 or release).

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Drivers, Mesa, Misc, New Release, Open Source

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Pheoxy Nov 1

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Running War Thunder with NVK is also currently a chore with smoke, fire and grass causing huge performance hits going from nearly 100 fps to 5 fps and it stays that way unless you look away.

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