Blender can't find my GPU now, upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 from 23.10

[Jaakan-Shorter]

I had a feeling I should have waited to upgrade.

This could be Ubuntu bug since I had to switch to nouveau, reboot, switch back to nvidia-driver-XXX(proprietary, tested), and reboot on my GF's daughter's computer after upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04. Just in case this not a Ubuntu bug... Maybe The repo is not prep'd for 24.04 yet?

here is how it happened

1. Base install - Ubuntu 23.10 + ARC drivers  (  from the intel repo ) +  Blender 4.1.1

2. open Blender and go to GPU settings, should find the GPU

3. Upgrade Ubuntu 23.10 to Ubuntu 24.04 

4. open Blender and go to GPU settings, GPU is currently missing

I tried sudo apt-get remove --purge '^Intel-.*' and reinstalling but didn't seem to help

OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x86_64

Kernel: 6.8.0-31-generic

CPU: 12th Gen Intel i5-12400F (12) @ 4.400GHz

GPU: Intel DG2 [Arc A750]

Memory: 1995MiB / 64141MiB

Blender 4.1.1 ( tried 4.1 , 4.0 , 4.2 )

Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device: Mesa Intel(R) Arc(tm) A750 Graphics (DG2) (0x56a1)
Version: 24.1.0

OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) Arc(tm) A750 Graphics (DG2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.1.0-devel (git-0fcdf7bf33)

*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: DG2 [Arc A750]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: 08
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 resolution=1920,1080
resources: iomemory:400-3ff irq:159 memory:80000000-80ffffff memory:4000000000-41ffffffff memory:81000000-811fffff

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation DG2 [Arc A750] (rev 08)
Subsystem: Device 172f:3935
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915, xe

[NormanS_Intel]

Hello Jaakan-Shorter,

I wanted to follow up to see if you had a chance to look over the information I posted. Your feedback at your earliest convenience would be greatly appreciated so we can move forward with resolving this matter.

Best regards,

Norman S.

Intel Customer Support Engineer

[Jaakan-Shorter]

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 ( from 22 LTS ) and Blender sees it.

It looks like it's resolved to me.

[NormanS_Intel]

Hello Jaakan-Shorter,

Thank you for your response! I'm pleased to hear that the blender is working well now. I'll go ahead and close this inquiry. If you need any further assistance, please feel free to submit a new question, as this thread will no longer be monitored.

Best regards,

Norman S.

Intel Customer Support Engineer