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Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.8 open source graphics drivers for Linux with some bug fixes. This is going to be the last in the 24.2 series, with work now focused on the recently released Mesa 24.3, although you should usually wait for the first point release.

The noted fixes are:

  • anv: Use-after-free detected by AddressSanitizer while running dEQP-VK.
  • Confidential issue #11770.
  • radv: DCC causes glitches in Red Dead Redemption 2.
  • A5xx rendering issues with Firefox.
  • [ANV][Regression] Broken rendering in Flycast + Per-Pixel Alpha Sorting.
  • vtn: OpTypeStruct in kernel parameters trigger assertion in glsl_types.h.
  • radv: Resident Evil 6 Benchmark Tool has artifacts on 7900 XTX when DCC is enabled, game launched on 4K monitor without scaling and with FullHD settings.
  • [AMD RX 6700 XT] Artifacts while upscaling games in fullscreen mode.
  • Distorted pixelated graphics with Radeon RX 7900 XT with some games.
  • Total War Warhammer 2 Graphical Glitch.
  • Glitching artifacts in tile shaped patterns on 6700 XT, when using upscaled fullscreen game on labwc.


Pictured - Red Dead Redemption 2

Reminder on upcoming Mesa releases for you:

  • 2024-12-04 - 24.3.1
  • 2024-12-18 - 24.3.2
  • 2025-01-01 - 24.3.3
  • 2025-01-15 - 24.3.4
  • 2025-01-29 - 24.3.5
  • 2025-02-12 - 24.3.6 (the last one for this series)
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d3Xt3r Nov 29
mesa-git FTW. ;)
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