Updated and optimized graphics drivers on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Install Radeon, Intel and Nvidia – graphics drivers on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04. The updated and optimized graphics drivers for Linux Ubuntu Systems supports OpenGL 4.1+ support and new OpenGL extensions. The Ubuntu graphics drivers PPA provides updated X (2D) and mesa (3D) free graphics drivers for radeon, intel and nvidia hardware.
The graphics drivers updates and packages provide support for Ubuntu:
- Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) Only Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.04.1 are supported. Ubuntu 14.04.2 and later are not supported
- Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) – Recommended for this PPA
This PPA provides updated X (2D) and mesa (3D) free graphics drivers for radeon, intel and nvidia hardware. Updates packages provide:
- OpenGL 4.1+ support and new OpenGL extensions: http://mesamatrix.net
- Packages built against llvm-3.6
- Gallium-nine support installed by default.
- VDPAU, OpenMAX IL Bellagio, VAAPI and XvMC Gallium3D accelerated video drivers (see below)
- OpenCL support (mesa-opencl-icd package), including updated libclc
- R600 LLVM compiler, enabled with R600_DEBUG=llvm env var
- Optional GLAMOR acceleration on radeon (>= r300), and nouveau drivers
- i915 gallium driver replaces by default i915 classic driver
- Experimental intel ilo gallium driver
Install Update Graphics Drivers on Ubuntu
To install an updated and optimized graphics drivers on Linux Ubuntu Systems, run the following commands in Terminal:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
To run your OpenGL program (in this case glxgears -info) with non default drivers:
classic i915 driver
$ LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/dri-alternates glxgears -info
gallium llvmpipe software render
$ LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 glxgears -info
old non-gallium software render
$ LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/dri-alternates glxgears -info
If you have some problem with the drivers try running the application from the command line and see if there are graphics related warnings. Also type dmesg to see if there are other related informations here.
If you get crashes install the relevant -dbg pacakges (libgl1-mesa-dri-dbg or libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental-dbg for 3D drivers and xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg , xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-dbg or xserver-xorg-video-radeon-dbg for X drivers) and reproduce the crash with gdb.
To revert to standard Ubuntu drivers type the following in a prompt shell:
$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers