/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory

[Richard Baka]

I use the snap version of Smplayer on Ubuntu 21.10 (because the apt-installed mpv missed some libs). It seems to work correctly but I got an cli error message:
"/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory"

Does it mean there is no hardware acceleration? Could you fix it?

Additional question: In general I use only verified snaps. Could you verify the publisher of the mentioned Smplayer snap? She/He seems to be OK.

Thanks,

Richard

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Alberto Mardegan (mardy)]

Hi Richard, I can confirm the issue: I do have the /usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids file in my host, but it's probably not visible to the snap (and no AppArmor denial appears in the logs).

But whether this means that GPU acceleration is disabled, this is something that would be better answered by the authors of (s)mplayer. It might not make any practical difference.

As for the publisher verification, the whole point of snaps is to provide users a better security *without* the need for the users to trust the publishers, because snap applications run under confinement. If you run

    snap connections smplayer

you can see what interfaces are used by smplayer (active ones are those with the plug and slot columns both set), and you can look up their meaning in

    https://snapcraft.io/docs/supported-interfaces

Hope this helps :-)