From b53f82565e667f942bd4b38e0f250035c3ca8b03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tarulia <mihawk.90+git@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 00:10:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] graphics: Check LLVMpipe for Linux software render

---
 checks/graphics.py | 10 ++++++++++
 loganalyzer.py     |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/checks/graphics.py b/checks/graphics.py
index 15a731c..80440b9 100644
--- a/checks/graphics.py
+++ b/checks/graphics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from .vars import *
 from .utils.utils import *
+from .linux import checkFlatpak
 
 
 def checkInit(lines):
@@ -58,6 +59,15 @@ def checkNVIDIAdriversEGL(lines):
         return [LEVEL_WARNING, "Old NVIDIA Drivers", "Legacy NVIDIA 390 drivers do not support window capture on EGL."]
 
 
+def checkLLVMpipe(lines):
+    if search('OpenGL on adapter Mesa llvmpipe', lines):
+        helpText = "OBS is running on a software-emulated graphics pipeline. This is not supported as OBS requires access to a physical GPU. Please make sure your graphics drivers are up to date."
+
+        if checkFlatpak(lines):
+            helpText += "<br><br>If you are using an NVIDIA GPU, please reboot your PC, then run <code>flatpak update</code> from a terminal."
+        return [LEVEL_CRITICAL, "Software rendering", helpText]
+
+
 def checkVideoSettings(lines):
     videoSettings = []
     res = []
diff --git a/loganalyzer.py b/loganalyzer.py
index eb510d4..c19ec90 100755
--- a/loganalyzer.py
+++ b/loganalyzer.py
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ def doAnalysis(url=None, filename=None):
                 checkLinuxVCam(logLines),
                 checkMacPermissions(logLines),
                 checkServiceRecommendations(logLines),
-                checkLinuxSystemInfo(logLines)
+                checkLinuxSystemInfo(logLines),
+                checkLLVMpipe(logLines)
             ])
             messages.extend(checkVideoSettings(logLines))
             m = parseScenes(logLines)