Public bug reported: mesa-utils is required for the GNOME System Settings 'System Info' panel to display info about the computer's graphics card driver. Otherwise a rather unhelpful "Unknown" is displayed. mesa-utils was actually in main already (as part of the mesa source package) until Maverick when it was split off as a separate tarball (mesa-demos) that gets released at the same time and by the same people as the main mesa package.
$ apt-cache show mesa-utils Package: mesa-utils Priority: extra Section: universe/graphics Installed-Size: 148 Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT <ubunt...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Source: mesa-demos Version: 8.0.1+git20110129+d8f7d6b-0ubuntu2 Replaces: xbase-clients (<< 6.8.2-38) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libx11-6 Filename: pool/universe/m/mesa-demos/mesa-utils_8.0.1+git20110129+d8f7d6b-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 30286 Description-en: Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities This package provides several basic GL utilities built by Mesa, including glxinfo and glxgears. Homepage: http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: mesa-utils 8.0.1+git20110129+d8f7d6b-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.14-generic 3.2.0 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 11 03:16:40 2012 SourcePackage: mesa-demos UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: mesa-demos (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/914631 Title: [mir] mesa-demos To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa-demos/+bug/914631/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
