On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 16:27 -0600, Matt Pekar wrote: > Is it possible to take an intel CPU, motheboard w/out video output, > and use VAAPI through it? > > > I'm trying to use a custom xorg.conf along these lines: > > > Section "Device" > Identifier "intel0" > Driver "intel" > EndSection > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "screen0" > Device "intel0" > > EndSection > > > But I'm unable to start X with this: > > > [ 5507.348] (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics > Chipsets: i810, > i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G, > E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G, > 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45, > 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale, > Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Sandybridge Desktop (GT2), > Sandybridge Desktop (GT2+), Sandybridge Mobile (GT1), > Sandybridge Mobile (GT2), Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), > Sandybridge Server, Ivybridge Mobile (GT1), Ivybridge Mobile (GT2), > Ivybridge Desktop (GT1), Ivybridge Desktop (GT2), Ivybridge Server, > Ivybridge Server (GT2) > [ 5507.348] (--) using VT number 7 > > > [ 5507.353] (EE) No devices detected. > [ 5507.353] > Fatal server error: > [ 5507.353] no screens found > [ 5507.354] > > > Does X check that there is a physical video out on the motherboard for > it to load a device? Has anyone been able to use X and VAAPI in this > sort of headless mode? Would a better approach be to ditch X entirely > and use VAAPI through DRM?
The current libva/intel-vaapi driver can be used even when the X is not started. For example: vainfo/avcenc can work without X. You can see the corresponding test case of libva about how to use vaapi under DRM mode. thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ Libva mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libva
