Upgrading from 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 to 21.0.3-0ubuntu0.2~20.04.1 breaks vlc video output

[Avinash Sonawane]

Hello!

As reported here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1939447 upgrading mesa-vdpau-drivers package from 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 to 21.0.3-0ubuntu0.2~20.04.1 breaks vlc video hardware acceleration.

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: mesa-vdpau-drivers 21.0.3-0ubuntu0.2~20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-80.90-generic 5.4.124
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-80-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Aug 11 02:21:08 2021
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: focal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] [1002:9851] (rev 40) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] [103c:81e5]
MachineType: HP HP 245 G5 Notebook PC
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-80-generic root=UUID=e8820090-c9e5-4245-bcb4-92818bd91e34 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: mesa
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/21/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: F.08
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 81E5
dmi.board.vendor: HP
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 73.14
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.08:bd04/21/2016:svnHP:pnHP245G5NotebookPC:pvrType1ProductConfigId:rvnHP:rn81E5:rvrKBCVersion73.14:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.family: 103C_5336AN G=N L=SMB B=HP S=245
dmi.product.name: HP 245 G5 Notebook PC
dmi.product.sku: Y9Q66PC#ACJ
dmi.product.version: Type1ProductConfigId
dmi.sys.vendor: HP
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
 # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
 # you can temporarily override this with
 # sudo service apport start force_start=1
 enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2020-08-12T15:11:08.785042
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.105-3~20.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 21.0.3-0ubuntu0.2~20.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.11-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

does it work in hirsute or impish?

[Avinash Sonawane (kearoot)]

So, I upgraded from 20.04 to 21.04 to answer that question. And no, it doesn't work in 21.04 hirsute either.

And now, since the last known working version 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 is not in hirsute repos I can't downgrade to a working state. :/

```
$ apt policy mesa-vdpau-drivers
mesa-vdpau-drivers:
  Installed: 21.0.3-0ubuntu0.3
  Candidate: 21.0.3-0ubuntu0.3
  Version table:
 *** 21.0.3-0ubuntu0.3 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     21.0.1-2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/main amd64 Packages
$
```

This is the o/p I get:
```
VLC media player 3.0.12 Vetinari (revision 3.0.12-1-0-gd147bb5e7e)
[000055d36139f5b0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Icon theme "elementary" not found.
[00007fe1700038f0] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v2.72.0 (API v72)
libva info: VA-API version 1.10.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_10
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
mesa: for the --simplifycfg-sink-common option: may only occur zero or one times!
mesa: for the --global-isel-abort option: may only occur zero or one times!
mesa: for the --amdgpu-atomic-optimizations option: may only occur zero or one times!
mesa: for the --structurizecfg-skip-uniform-regions option: may only occur zero or one times!
[00007fe1700038f0] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaCreateSurfaces: resource allocation failed
[00007fe1740477d0] main video output error: video output creation failed
[00007fe1f655eae0] main decoder error: failed to create video output
[00007fe1708d14f0] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v2.72.0 (API v72)
[00007fe1f655eae0] avcodec decoder: Using G3DVL VDPAU Driver Shared Library version 1.0 for hardware decoding
[h264 @ 0x7fe1f656d100] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture
[h264 @ 0x7fe1f65546c0] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture
[h264 @ 0x7fe1f655ca40] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture
[h264 @ 0x7fe1f65efb80] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture
...
```

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for mesa (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Avinash Sonawane (kearoot)]

I am still experiencing this issue.

[Tony Smith (v1i9v6a6)]

For the benefit of others I had a similar problem with Kaffeine 2.0.18 on Lubuntu 20.04.3, no video with DVB-T broadcast and only audio working. The upgrade to 21.0.3 broke a system that was stable for about a year. Also Kaffeine will crash changing channels. Running Kaffeine from command prompt shows unable to decode video messages type messages. Finally tracked down this ticket and down leveling to 20.0.4 solved problem.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

So what about impish? Focal will soon get 21.2.x from impish.

[Avinash Sonawane (kearoot)]

I just upgraded to impish and it seems that the issue is fixed in 21.2.2-1ubuntu1.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

thanks for testing

focal-proposed (and impish) has 21.2.6, so once it lands in updates, it's also fixed for focal