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Linux System Information

Blender 4.3+ - Semi-Automated Information Collection

In Blender 4.3 we added a script that helps automatically collect system information in the case that Blender isn't opening. The steps to use it are as follows:

  • Navigate to where Blender is installed.
    • If you installed Blender through Steam, then you can find where Blender is installed by right clicking on Blender in Steam selecting Manage > Browse local files.
    • If you installed Blender through the Snap store, then you can usually find Blender at /snap/blender/current/
  • Inside the folder where Blender is installed you should find blender-system-info.sh.
  • Open a Terminal app and run this script.
  • The script will collect information about your computer and Blender and open the bug reporting web page, automatically filling it out with the information it collected.
  • The script is unable to collect information about your graphics card, so you will need to collect this information manually by following Graphics Card section of the guide below.

Operating System

We need to collect a few pieces of information for the Operating System information field. They are the Linux kernel version, CPU architecture, GLIBC version, and display server type.

Follow the steps below to collect the information and combine them together in the bug report form like this: Linux-6.8.0-31-generic - x86_64 - glibc2.39 - wayland

Linux Kernel Version

Run uname -r in a terminal.

CPU Architecture

Run lscpu | grep Architecture in a terminal.

GLIBC

Run ldd --version in a terminal and extract the GLIBC version from the first line of the output.

Display Server

Run echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE in a terminal.

Graphics Card

There are two main ways we recommend to collect GPU information on Linux. glxinfo, or lspci if glxinfo isn't available.

glxinfo

Run glxinfo -B in a terminal (you may need to install glxinfo from your package manager). This will provide you with the GPU name, driver type, and driver version of the display GPU (the GPU usually used by Blender). Combine these details together and include them on your bug report form like this: AMD Radeon RX 7800XT - Mesa 24.1.0-devel

lspci

Run lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display in a terminal. This will tell you which graphics cards you have. Copy the GPU name and include it on your bug report form like this: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT / 7800 XT

Blender Version

Follow one of the guides below to obtain Blender version information, The information we're interested in are Blender version, commit date, hash, and branch (Blender 4.2+). Collect this information and share it on your bug report form like this: Blender 4.2.0, branch: main, commit date: 2024-05-16 20:40, hash: 1558bc7cb428

Downloaded from Blender Website

Run /path/to/blender --verison in a terminal. The Blender version information will be visible in the output.

Downloaded from Steam

Open Steam, right click on Blender and select the option Manage > Browse local files. A file browser will open displaying the path to where Blender is installed. Open a terminal and run /path/to/blender --verison. The Blender version information will be visible in the output.

Downloaded from snap

Open a terminal and run blender --version. The Blender version information will be visible in the output.