diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-tinygrad/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-tinygrad/action.yml
index 76323bc415..0b2dbc05a5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-tinygrad/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-tinygrad/action.yml
@@ -302,4 +302,4 @@ runs:
     - name: Install mesa (macOS)
       if: inputs.mesa == 'true' && runner.os == 'macOS'
       shell: bash
-      run: brew install sirhcm/tinymesa/tinymesa
+      run: brew install sirhcm/tinymesa/tinymesa_cpu
diff --git a/autogen_stubs.sh b/autogen_stubs.sh
index 5d02cd37f4..58d919d597 100755
--- a/autogen_stubs.sh
+++ b/autogen_stubs.sh
@@ -520,17 +520,17 @@ generate_mesa() {
   LVP_NIR_OPTIONS=$(./extra/mesa/lvp_nir_options.sh $MESA_SRC)
 
   fixup $BASE/mesa.py
-  patch_dlopen $BASE/mesa.py tinymesa_cpu "(BASE:=os.getenv('MESA_PATH', f\"/usr{'/local/' if helpers.OSX else '/'}lib\"))+'/libtinymesa_cpu'+(EXT:='.dylib' if helpers.OSX else '.so')" "f'{BASE}/libtinymesa{EXT}'" "f'{brew_prefix()}/lib/libtinymesa_cpu.dylib'"
+  patch_dlopen $BASE/mesa.py tinymesa_cpu "(BASE:=os.getenv('MESA_PATH', f\"/usr{'/local/' if helpers.OSX else '/'}lib\"))+'/libtinymesa_cpu'+(EXT:='.dylib' if helpers.OSX else '.so')" "f'{BASE}/libtinymesa{EXT}'" "brew_path('tinymesa_cpu')" "brew_path('tinymesa')"
   echo "lvp_nir_options = gzip.decompress(base64.b64decode('$LVP_NIR_OPTIONS'))" >> $BASE/mesa.py
   cat <<EOF | sed -i "/import ctypes.*/r /dev/stdin" $BASE/mesa.py
-def brew_prefix():
-  try: return subprocess.check_output(['brew', '--prefix', 'tinymesa']).decode().strip()
-  except Exception: return ''
+def brew_path(nm):
+  try: return f"{subprocess.check_output(['brew', '--prefix', nm]).decode().strip()}/lib/lib{nm}.dylib"
+  except Exception: return 'failed'
 EOF
-  sed -i "/in_dll/s/.*/try: &\nexcept AttributeError: pass/" $BASE/mesa.py
+  sed -i "/in_dll/s/.*/try: &\nexcept (AttributeError, ValueError): pass/" $BASE/mesa.py
   sed -i "s/import ctypes/import ctypes, ctypes.util, os, gzip, base64, subprocess, tinygrad.helpers as helpers/" $BASE/mesa.py
   sed -i "s/ctypes.CDLL('.\+')/(dll := _try_dlopen_tinymesa_cpu())/" $BASE/mesa.py
-  echo "def __getattr__(nm): raise AttributeError() if dll else FileNotFoundError(f'libtinymesa not found (MESA_PATH={BASE}). See https://github.com/sirhcm/tinymesa ($TINYMESA_TAG, $MESA_TAG)')" >> $BASE/mesa.py
+  echo "def __getattr__(nm): raise AttributeError('LLVMpipe requires tinymesa_cpu' if 'tinymesa_cpu' not in dll._name else f'attribute {nm} not found') if dll else FileNotFoundError(f'libtinymesa not found (MESA_PATH={BASE}). See https://github.com/sirhcm/tinymesa ($TINYMESA_TAG, $MESA_TAG)')" >> $BASE/mesa.py
   sed -i "s/ctypes.glsl_base_type/glsl_base_type/" $BASE/mesa.py
   # bitfield bug in clang2py
   sed -i "s/('fp_fast_math', ctypes.c_bool, 9)/('fp_fast_math', ctypes.c_uint32, 9)/" $BASE/mesa.py
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/mesa.py b/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/mesa.py
index 78a0efc2e6..66cd9e5342 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/mesa.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/mesa.py
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 # LONGDOUBLE_SIZE is: 16
 #
 import ctypes, ctypes.util, os, gzip, base64, subprocess, tinygrad.helpers as helpers
-def brew_prefix():
-  try: return subprocess.check_output(['brew', '--prefix', 'tinymesa']).decode().strip()
-  except Exception: return ''
+def brew_path(nm):
+  try: return f"{subprocess.check_output(['brew', '--prefix', nm]).decode().strip()}/lib/lib{nm}.dylib"
+  except Exception: return 'failed'
 PATHS_TO_TRY = [
   (BASE:=os.getenv('MESA_PATH', f"/usr{'/local/' if helpers.OSX else '/'}lib"))+'/libtinymesa_cpu'+(EXT:='.dylib' if helpers.OSX else '.so'),
   f'{BASE}/libtinymesa{EXT}',
-  f'{brew_prefix()}/lib/libtinymesa_cpu.dylib',
+  brew_path('tinymesa_cpu'),
+  brew_path('tinymesa'),
 ]
 def _try_dlopen_tinymesa_cpu():
   library = ctypes.util.find_library("tinymesa_cpu")
@@ -6087,7 +6088,7 @@ struct_nir_op_info._fields_ = [
 
 nir_op_info = struct_nir_op_info
 try: nir_op_infos = (struct_nir_op_info * 489).in_dll(_libraries['libtinymesa_cpu.so'], 'nir_op_infos')
-except AttributeError: pass
+except (AttributeError, ValueError): pass
 try:
     nir_op_is_selection = _libraries['FIXME_STUB'].nir_op_is_selection
     nir_op_is_selection.restype = ctypes.c_bool
@@ -8118,7 +8119,7 @@ c__EA_nir_intrinsic_index_flag = ctypes.c_uint32 # enum
 nir_intrinsic_index_flag = c__EA_nir_intrinsic_index_flag
 nir_intrinsic_index_flag__enumvalues = c__EA_nir_intrinsic_index_flag__enumvalues
 try: nir_intrinsic_index_names = (ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char) * 75).in_dll(_libraries['libtinymesa_cpu.so'], 'nir_intrinsic_index_names')
-except AttributeError: pass
+except (AttributeError, ValueError): pass
 class struct_nir_intrinsic_instr(Structure):
     pass
 
@@ -8242,7 +8243,7 @@ struct_nir_intrinsic_info._fields_ = [
 
 nir_intrinsic_info = struct_nir_intrinsic_info
 try: nir_intrinsic_infos = (struct_nir_intrinsic_info * 732).in_dll(_libraries['libtinymesa_cpu.so'], 'nir_intrinsic_infos')
-except AttributeError: pass
+except (AttributeError, ValueError): pass
 try:
     nir_intrinsic_src_components = _libraries['libtinymesa_cpu.so'].nir_intrinsic_src_components
     nir_intrinsic_src_components.restype = ctypes.c_uint32
@@ -19877,4 +19878,4 @@ __all__ = \
     'union_util_format_description_0', 'util_format_colorspace',
     'util_format_layout', 'va_list']
 lvp_nir_options = gzip.decompress(base64.b64decode('H4sIAAAAAAAAA2NgZGRkYGAAkYxgCsQFsxigwgwQBoxmhCqFq2WEKwIrAEGIkQxoAEMALwCqVsCiGUwLMHA0QPn29nBJkswHANb8YpH4AAAA'))
-def __getattr__(nm): raise AttributeError() if dll else FileNotFoundError(f'libtinymesa not found (MESA_PATH={BASE}). See https://github.com/sirhcm/tinymesa (tinymesa-32dc66c, mesa-25.2.4)')
+def __getattr__(nm): raise AttributeError('LLVMpipe requires tinymesa_cpu' if 'tinymesa_cpu' not in dll._name else f'attribute {nm} not found') if dll else FileNotFoundError(f'libtinymesa not found (MESA_PATH={BASE}). See https://github.com/sirhcm/tinymesa (tinymesa-32dc66c, mesa-25.2.4)')