Brave browser doesn't work in 22.04: libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)

[Gaber Terseglav]

Description:
When I execute brave browser, core dump is received:
$ brave-browser
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[58538:58538:0423/131153.015296:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(160)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[58664:58664:0423/131153.647587:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(440)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is swiftshader
[58508:58522:0423/131153.754346:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1002)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=159
[58686:58686:0423/131153.811580:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(440)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is swiftshader
[58508:58522:0423/131153.917392:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1002)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=159
[58692:58692:0423/131154.547198:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(440)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is swiftshader
[58508:58522:0423/131154.652463:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1002)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=159
[58715:58715:0423/131154.657321:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(440)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is disabled
[58508:58522:0423/131154.759880:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1002)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=159
[58721:58721:0423/131154.764471:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(440)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is disabled
[58508:58522:0423/131154.864137:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1002)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=159
[58727:58727:0423/131154.868687:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(440)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is disabled
[58508:58522:0423/131154.971588:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1002)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=159
[58508:58522:0423/131154.971606:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
/usr/bin/brave-browser: line 48: 58508 Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) "$HERE/brave" "$@"

Version:
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

Brave browser version:
$ brave-browser --version
Brave Browser 91.1.26.74

Workaround:
Execute brave browser with no sandbox:
brave-browser --no-sandbox

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[Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer)]

I cannot duplicate, works fine for me.

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We understand the difficulties you are facing, but it is better to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. You can also find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

[Gaber Terseglav (gabert)]

Hello.

Thanks for your support.

I have solved the problem with brave-browser version update using following instructions (https://brave.com/linux/). It seeems that one of the previous distro upgrades disabled brave browser package repository and this resulted in outdated brave browser that caused the problem.

Steps to upgrade brave browser:
sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl

sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Upgraded brave-browser version (no issues on startup):
Brave Browser 100.1.37.116