I remember talking to the GNOME developers about this, I think it was in person at a conference last year. From what I recall, they said the OpenGL backend had issues so there was good reason to leave it disabled. I don't know if it's the same reason as in comment #5, but it probably doesn't matter because:
* Apps using Cairo efficiently that keep the Cairo results in an OpenGL texture most of the time already work just fine. It's only the render and upload (glTexImage2D) stages that would be slower with the current CPU rendering but a well-written app will never bottleneck on that. Examples: GTK and GNOME Shell. * If you really need the OpenGL backend for some reason then you can build Cairo within your project and embed it: ./configure --enable-gl=yes --enable-static=yes -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cairo in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1977748 Title: Build Cairo with OpenGL support Status in cairo package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Instructed by "ask a question" I tried to file a wayland-targeted bug, but apport-bug thinks I'm running Xorg. See https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/702075 PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION_ID="22.04" VERSION="22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)" VERSION_CODENAME=jammy $ ps -ef | grep Xwayland xxxxxx 2493 1685 0 Jun04 ? 00:05:36 /usr/bin/Xwayland :0 -rootless -noreset -accessx -core -auth /run/user/1001/.mutter-Xwaylandauth.5ZZYM1 -listen 4 -listen 5 -displayfd 6 -initfd 7 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-35.36-generic 5.15.35 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-35-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Jun 6 06:40:48 2022 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: jammy DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:9a49] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [1028:0991] InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-02 (246 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9310 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-35-generic root=UUID=c737013a-1cc7-494f-a1b7-a6efce6f09f7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/17/2022 dmi.bios.release: 3.6 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 3.6.0 dmi.board.name: 0MK6WC dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr3.6.0:bd03/17/2022:br3.6:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139310:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0MK6WC:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:sku0991: dmi.product.family: XPS dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9310 dmi.product.sku: 0991 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.110-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 22.0.1-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2build3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/1977748/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
