libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so

Bug #1336627 reported by Dennis Schridde
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This bug affects 2 people
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libva (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

libva tries to open the wrong VA-API driver on my AMD Kabini (which uses the "radeon" driver, not "radeonsi"):

$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 0.35.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

$ sudo ln -s vdpau_drv_video.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so

$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 0.35.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_32
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 0.35 (libva 1.3.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems VDPAU backend for VA-API - 0.7.3
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
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Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libva (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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