intel_error_decode(1)

intel_error_decode1

Decode an intel gpu dump automatically captured by the kernel at the time of an error

Usage

intel_error_decode [FILENAME]

Overview

intel_error_decode is a tool that decodes the instructions and state of the GPU at the time of an error. It requires kernel 2.6.34 or newer, and either debugfs mounted on /sys/kernel/debug or /debug containing a current i915_error_state or you can pass a file containing a saved error.

Arguments

FILENAME

Decodes a previously saved error.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. Arch

Reporting bugs

Report bugs on fd.o GitLab: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/igt-gpu-tools/-/issues>

Author

IGT Developers <[email protected]>

From intel-gpu-tools 2.6-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.