I can confirm this is not working on Bionic. vainfo output:
libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_1 error: failed to resolve wl_drm_interface(): /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL_mesa.so.0: undefined symbol: wl_drm_interface libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
I can confirm this is not working on Bionic. vainfo output:
libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0 x86_64- linux-gnu/ dri/i965_ drv_video. so x86_64- linux-gnu/ libEGL_ mesa.so. 0: undefined symbol: wl_drm_interface x86_64- linux-gnu/ dri/i965_ drv_video. so init failed
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_1
error: failed to resolve wl_drm_interface(): /usr/lib/
libva error: /usr/lib/
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit