Bug 505814 - Not showing the correct renderer on Intel graphics cards up to 3rd generation
Summary: Not showing the correct renderer on Intel graphics cards up to 3rd generation
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kinfocenter
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.0
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-06-20 02:27 UTC by José Rafael
Modified: 2025-07-25 03:47 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description José Rafael 2025-06-20 02:27:59 UTC
I noticed on some Intel computers up to 3rd generation Intel, as well as my secondary notebook that KinfoCenter does not correctly show the system rendering, it is shown using llvmpipe, but in the terminal as glxinfo it shows the Intel render!

Below are the results!

joserafael@Ibyte-Fly2:/var/home/joserafael$ sudo kinfo
[sudo] senha para joserafael: 
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.14.11-300.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.7 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: llvmpipe 
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joserafael@Ibyte-Fly2:/var/home/joserafael$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-06-20 14:47:34 UTC
Has the system fallen back to software rendering? You can check by locking the screen; if the user avatar is a square, the system is using software rendering.

On X11, do you have compositing disabled? If so, if you re-enable compositing, does the issue stop happening?

Does this happen on Wayland too, or only on X11?
Comment 2 José Rafael 2025-06-22 01:06:24 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> O sistema voltou a usar renderização por software? Você pode verificar
> bloqueando a tela; se o avatar do usuário for um quadrado, o sistema está
> usando renderização por software.
> 
> No X11, a composição está desativada? Se sim, o problema para de ocorrer se
> você reativar a composição?
> 
> Isso acontece no Wayland também ou apenas no X11?

Plasma effects are working, and the photo is not square, I do not have an X11 session installed, I have not used Xorg since Plasma 5.22, a QA from Fedora, a colleague of mine, showed that it does not happen in his X11 session!
Comment 3 José Rafael 2025-06-22 01:16:25 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Has the system fallen back to software rendering? You can check by locking
> the screen; if the user avatar is a square, the system is using software
> rendering.
> 
> On X11, do you have compositing disabled? If so, if you re-enable
> compositing, does the issue stop happening?
> 
> Does this happen on Wayland too, or only on X11?

I noticed that using sudo kinfo says I'm using x11 session, but I haven't used x11 since plasma 5.22

joserafael@Ibyte-Fly2:/var/home/joserafael$ kinfo
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.14.11-300.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.7 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: llvmpipe
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-06-25 20:47:31 UTC
Don't do `sudo kinfo`; just regular old `kinfo` is good enough.

Likewise, if you've been opening Info Center with sudo, don't do that.
Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-07-10 03:48:05 UTC
🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-07-25 03:47:04 UTC
🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.