How to fix this VA-API error?

[Chris Green]

I am seeing this error when I run Vivaldi (still appears to run OK)
and also in the results returned by running vainfo, as follows:-

    chris$ vainfo
    libva info: VA-API version 1.10.0
    libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_10
    libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 1
    libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_10
    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
    vainfo: VA-API version: 1.10 (libva 2.10.0)
    vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Ivybridge Desktop - 2.4.1
    vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
          VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264StereoHigh         : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
          VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointVLD
    chris$ 

How do I fix that "libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed"?

Is it a bug, or is it something that needs installing, or what?


This is on xubuntu 21.04 running on a wholly Intel hardware machine.

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Chris Green