The output of glxinfo | grep "OpenGL"
is as follows:
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.10.0-38-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.1.0-devel
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 18.1.0-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 18.1.0-devel
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
I have tried all these ppas: ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
, ppa:eek:ibaf/graphics-drivers
, ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates
but still my core profile version is at 3.3. All these help in updating the Mesa version which I know is the latest one currently, however the core profile version is stuck at 3.3 awfully!
My graphics card is AMD/ATI Turks XT Radeon HD 6670/7670 which as per Wikipedia page should support OpenGL 4.5.
I have read many askubuntu posts and other webpages none of them helped surprisingly given that it is a very old issue. I am also surprised how difficult it is to update drivers in case of linux! Please help!