Upgrading OpenGL?

[devnulljp]

My admittedly venerable old Thinkpad with Intel graphics card runs 17.10 fine, but I have some apps I need to run in WINE (actually Codeweavers Crossover) that are complaining about needing an opengl update (MS Office 2016 -- I have clients that are stuck on MS products, so no I can't suggest they move to Libre Office).
I've installed the proprietary Intel graphics drivers; set System Settings -> Display & Monitor -> Compositor to OpenGL3.1
But ... it looks like I'm stuck on OpenGL 1.20, and my WINE apps are calling out for 1.30, so they don't work.

Output of glxinfo | grep OpenGL

OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset 
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 18.1.0-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: [b]1.20[/b]
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 18.1.0-devel
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

So, that looks like OpenGL v. 2.1, with shading language v. 1.20

Output from Crossover

[Properties]
"opengl.glsl_version"="1.20"

[OpenglNoGLSL130]
"Level"="Suggest"
"Title"="OpenGL shading language version is older than 1.30"
"Description"="This is needed for limited DirectX 10 support."

Question -- any way to get Opengl 1.30 installed & running without requiring a hardware update? I need the v. 1.30 shading language.

I know I should really invest in a new laptop, but would rather not go that route atm.

[GreyGeek]

Are you running CodeWeaver's CrossOver 17 ?
http://www.wine-reviews.net/2017/12/...-games-on.html

https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover-17

[claydoh]

What specific gpu do you have (use lspci to find out)?
It may simply not support GLSL 1.3

[devnulljp]

Are you running CodeWeaver's CrossOver 17 ?
http://www.wine-reviews.net/2017/12/...-games-on.html

https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover-17

Yes, latest version of Crossover. 17.1

(and BTW, it's spelled heroin not heroine -- if you're going to have a provocative sig, you should really try to make it look like you've at least given it some thought

[devnulljp]

What specific gpu do you have (use lspci to find out)?
It may simply not support GLSL 1.3

~$lspci -k                                                                                                                                                             
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)                                                                                      
      Subsystem: Lenovo Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
      Subsystem: Lenovo Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
      Kernel driver in use: i915
      Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
      Subsystem: Lenovo Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller

I see conflicting reports that this chipset does/doesn't support later versions of openGL.

Probably time to get some new hardware

[GreyGeek]

Yes, latest version of Crossover. 17.1

(and BTW, it's spelled heroin not heroine -- if you're going to have a provocative sig, you should really try to make it look like you've at least given it some thought

Thanks for the heads up, and I have given it a LOT of thought. Why would a typo make you assume otherwise?