You have removed useful information, like which driver was actually loaded. You currently have GL 2.1, but for a core profile you need at least 3.2. I think the most likely scenario is that you're falling back to software rendering.

what does `glxininfo | grep renderer` return?

Also, are you sure you're running 17.0.0-rc1? That is a very old release candidate, if you are running that you should update to 17.1.2.

glxinfo | grep renderer returns:
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.43.0 / 4.4.0-79-generic, LLVM 3.8.0)

Also, how do  I update to 17.1.2?

Okay,

I used the ubuntu-x ppa to install the mesa 17.1.2, but for some reason, when I run glxinfo | grep version, it still returns:

server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
    Max core profile version: 0.0
    Max compat profile version: 2.1
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 2.0
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 17.0.0-rc1
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 17.0.0-rc1
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16

What am I doing wrong?

I also tried installing it from source but now, it also shows:
server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
    Max core profile version: 0.0
    Max compat profile version: 2.1
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 2.0
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 17.1.2
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 17.1.2
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16

glxinfo | grep renderer now returns:
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.10.0-19-generic, LLVM 4.0.0)

Do you build with "--enable-texture-float" and have the s3tc library installed?

I tried using --enable-texture-float, but it returned the same result.

It turns out that this bug is only minor. Although it reports 0.0, running a program with MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE works.

Same here: upgrading from mesa 13.0.6 to 17.0.7 made glxinfo report core profile of 0.0 (from 3.3). But 13.0.6 seems to not support geometry shaders (core GL since 3.2) with AMD-350 APU, so the reported GL-version support probably already was incorrect before.

Hello, sorry to reopen this thread. 

I am still having the same problem i.e. the max core profile is showing at 0.0. 

glxinfo

    Hello, sorry to reopen this thread. 

    I am still having the same problem i.e. the max core profile is showing at 0.0. 

    glxinfo  | grep version returns:

    server glx version string: 1.4
    client glx version string: 1.4
    GLX version: 1.4
        Max core profile version: 0.0
        Max compat profile version: 2.1
        Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
        Max GLES[23] profile version: 2.0
    OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 17.2.4
    OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
    OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 17.2.4
    OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16

    glxinfo | grep renderer:
        GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
        GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
    Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    OpenGL renderer string: AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.10.0-38-generic, LLVM 4.0.0)

    It used to show 3.3, but why does it now show the wrong version.

    Also, when I try to use MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE, it always fails for values above 2.1

Hello,

I updated to the 18.x preview release, and it is still not working. I am getting the exact same problem. The version number updates with glxinfo | grep version, but the core profiles values remain exactly the same. I do game design and 3D modelling, and many programs don't support openGl versions 2.x anymore. If this isn't fixed soon, I may have to get a new graphics card. I know this isn't a problem with my graphics card or linux, as I used to be able to get openGl version 3.3. Could someone please help me with this.

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server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
    Max core profile version: 0.0
    Max compat profile version: 2.1
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 2.0
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16
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Thanks in advance

vinf100@gmail.com instead of pasting multiple partial copies of the output, simply attach (as plain text) the complete thing - glxinfo &> glxinfo-output

There are multiple things that can go wrong and most can be deducted from ^^ info.

Note: MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE is more of a hack. In 90%+ of the cases you should not be touching it.

Also, please stop fiddling with the bug severity. Thanks

Created attachment 137569 [details]
Full output of glxinfo

Here's the full output.

You appear to be missing GL_ARB_texture_float, which in turn means you won't get GL 3.0.

This happens when you haven't built mesa with --enable-texture-float, as you were told earlier.

How sure are you that you've done this?

OK, it worked now. Using --enable-texture-float now returns a version Max core profile version of 3.3. Don't know why it didn't work before, but it is working now. Thank you for all the help.