For what it's worth, running 64-bit 13.10, here's what I needed to do to get the shared library loading:
sudo ln -s nvidia_drv_video.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux- gnu/dri/nouveau_drv_video.so (and then I realized nouveau doesn't do vdpau anyway currently, it seems..) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/642907 Title: failed to open VA API with NVIDIA VDPAU backend To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libva/+bug/642907/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs