tags 639402 moreinfo help reassign 639402 libva1,fglrx-driver stop On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 22:49:31 (CEST), Guillermo Marcus wrote:
> Package: libva1 > Version: 0.32.0-1+sds2 > Severity: important > Tags: lfs > > When using the Catalyst 11.7 or 11.8 driver for AMD available in testing or > unstable, hardware video acceleration does not work. vainfo reports errors in > the driver, as: > > $ vainfo > libva: libva version 0.32.0 > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". > libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0 > libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so > xvba_video: XVBA_CreateContext(): status 11 > libva error: /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so init failed > libva: va_openDriver() returns -1 > vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit > > however, when using the package from Splitted Desktop (and fixing the paths), > the output is: What is splitted desktop, and how is that package different to ours? > $ vainfo > libva: libva version 0.32.0-sds2 > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". > libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0 > libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/va/drivers/fglrx_drv_video.so > Segmentation fault for this, we'd need a Backtrace: http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace > Also, when using the AMD Catalyst driver as installed by the AMD script, it > works fine. > > This tells me two things: The libva, while the same version, does not seem to > include the same patches as the Splitted Desktop version, see my question above > and the xvba-va- driver packaged in xvba-va-driver is not the same > generated by the AMD package. If I remember correctlz, this was > working before in Catalyst 11.6 We (Debian) cannot support packages that you have downloaded from other sources than Debian. Sorry. > In any case, support for AMD XvBA in VA API is broken, even when the pieces > are > there. I could get it to work by: > > 1. Install the AMD driver directly > 2. Download and compile the libraries from Splitted Desktop I've copied the fglrx driver maintainers for their input, as I don't even have ATI hardware. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
