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-rw-r--r--render/egl.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/render/egl.c b/render/egl.c
index 55676294..e42529e9 100644
--- a/render/egl.c
+++ b/render/egl.c
@@ -279,10 +279,13 @@ struct wlr_egl *wlr_egl_create(EGLenum platform, void *remote_display) {
if (allow_software != NULL && strcmp(allow_software, "1") == 0) {
wlr_log(WLR_INFO, "Using software rendering");
} else {
- wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Software rendering detected, please use "
- "the WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE environment variable "
- "to proceed");
- goto error;
+ // Because of a Mesa bug, sometimes EGL_MESA_device_software is
+ // advertised for hardware renderers. See:
+ // https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/4178
+ // TODO: fail without WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE
+ wlr_log(WLR_INFO, "Warning: software rendering may be in use");
+ wlr_log(WLR_INFO, "If you experience slow rendering, "
+ "please check the OpenGL drivers are correctly installed");
}
}
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ struct wlr_egl *wlr_egl_create(EGLenum platform, void *remote_display) {
}
if (!check_egl_ext(display_exts_str, "EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context")) {
- wlr_log(WLR_ERROR,
+ wlr_log(WLR_ERROR,
"EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context not supported");
goto error;
}