How to fix this VA-API error?

[Slade Watkins]

Hi Chris!

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:09 AM Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> 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?

Could need a driver update? In my experience, the iHD_drv_video.so
init failed error only shows if something is out of date. I'd start
with that first just to double check.

If that isn't the case, it could very well be a bug.

             -slade