Totem can't play videos on Gallium graphics without mesa-va-drivers
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
libva (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
totem (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Impact
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Totem can't play videos if gstreamer1.0-vaapi is installed on Gallium graphics in Xenial because mesa-va-drivers is not installed as a dependency of va-driver-all.
Here is the dependency chain in Xenial:
gstreamer1.0-vaapi Depends on libva1
libva1 Recommends va-driver-all
va-driver-all Depends on i965-va-driver vdpau-va-driver (no mesa-va-drivers)
This is fixed in version 1.7.0-2 in Debian and Yakkety.
libva (1.7.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
* debian/control:
- Add mesa-va-drivers as alternative to Depends of va-driver-all.
- Bump Standards-Versions.
-- Sebastian Ramacher <email address hidden> Wed, 11 May 2016 17:32:06 +0200
Test case
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- Purge va-driver-all and mesa-va-drivers if already installed
- Install va-driver-all from xenial-proposed
- Make sure that mesa-va-drivers is pulled in
- Play videos in Totem with gstreamer1.0-vaapi installed and make sure that videos play nicely.
Here is the terminal output of Totem (with gstreamer1.0-vaapi installed and no mesa-va-drivers):
:~$ totem
Stream with high frequencies VQ coding
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
When mesa-va-drivers is installed, Totem plays videos just fine.
Regression potential
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Since there are no code changes at all, I cannot think of any regressions.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: va-driver-all 1.7.0-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Dec 24 21:54:20 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-26 (242 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: libva
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
summary: |
- [Xenial] mesa-va-drivers should be as alternative to Depends of va- - driver-all, otherwise, Totem can't play videos if gstreamer1.0-vaapi is - installed on Gallium graphics + [Xenial] va-driver-all should depend on mesa-va-drivers, otherwise, + Totem can't play videos if gstreamer1.0-vaapi is installed on Gallium + graphics |
summary: |
- [Xenial] va-driver-all should depend on mesa-va-drivers, otherwise, - Totem can't play videos if gstreamer1.0-vaapi is installed on Gallium - graphics + Totem can't play videos on Gallium graphics |
Changed in libva (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in totem (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
summary: |
- Totem can't play videos on Gallium graphics + Totem can't play videos on Gallium graphics without mesa-va-drivers |
description: | updated |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
The thing is, before Xenial, the drivers were in vdpau-va-driver. In Xenial, they are in mesa.
vdpau-video (0.7.4-5) experimental; urgency=medium
* Bump Standards-Version patches/ mesa-drivers. patch: Removed. No longer ship drivers for
* debian/
r600, nouveau and radeonsi. mesa now has native drivers.
-- Sebastian Ramacher <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 19:40:14 +0200