On Wed 12 Aug 2026 at 13:44:02 -0400, MLH wrote:
> I'm running NetBSD 11.99.6 amd64 Sat Jul 11 13:21:32 EDT 2026 with
> an HD5450 and see the same results with https://webglreport.com/
> but it doesn't crash for me.
I wanted to do some tests on my test box (same graphics hardware, Radeon
HD 5450) to see if running "xcompmgr" made a difference. But now Firefox
is back to using "llvmpipe" according to the WebGL Report page. Whether
I'm running xcompmgr or not. On my "real" box it still detects "
Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, or similar", even if I un-check the preference
"Use hardware accelleration when available". I am more and more confused...
But I did find the settings
user_pref("webgl.disabled", false);
user_pref("webgl.forbid-hardware", true);
user_pref("webgl.forbid-software", false);
which seems to force the use of llvmpipe. (Although setting
forbid-software doesn't seem to stop the use of llvmpipe)
xcompmgr seems to be buggy by the way. Quite often it leaves large
rectangles on the screen with some old content, on top of everything
else.
> I do have problems with some trash in
> the window with firefox and a lot with wip/freecad, cad/kicad and
> a few other programs since netbsd 10 on though.
I did have trouble with wip/golly on the Intel hardware (also with
emulators/vice if you compile it for SDL2 instead of gtk3). Both didn't
draw their "main" output area. With 11, golly seems to work again.
(I don't have an sdl2-vice at hand to test right now)
-Olaf.
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