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I really dislike when these articles say "works on Linux" (Reminds me of people that say "works on PC" when it actually only runs on a single OS. Some Linux se
by WhyNotHugo 7y ago
I really dislike when these articles say "works on Linux" (Reminds me of people that say "works on PC" when it actually only runs on a single OS.
Some Linux setups run Xorg, others run Wayland (with the world moving towards the latter). Yet, many times these new features (especially things related to rendering!) only work on older Xorg setups, but not on Wayland.
For anyone Linux users out there: these updates only work if you're still running Xorg.
- kvark 7y agoI don't know why it wouldn't work on Wayland. We are currently using "software" presentation, which is a CPU roundtrip, as described in the article. This means we don't depend much on the actual Linux compositor. As long as WebRender can run on it, and you have Vulkan support, WebGPU will be available. If you are having issues, please file a bug!
- WhyNotHugo 7y agoSetting `gfx.webrender.all = true` makes sites like google maps render as just plain black (eg: no image). I'll try to debug in further detail and open a bug when I have clear reproduction details.
- kvark 7y agoThat's worrying! Mozilla gfx team would be interested in fixing that, as we are trying to roll WebRender on more platforms.