[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#639402: Bug#639402: libva1: libva does not work with fglrx driver in repository

[Patrick Matthäi]

What gives you:
dpkg -l|egrep "fglrx|xvba"
and uname -a

On 27.08.2011 11:38, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> tags 639402 moreinfo help
> reassign 639402 libva1,fglrx-driver
> stop
> 
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 22:49:31 (CEST), Guillermo Marcus wrote:
> 
>> Package: libva1
>> Version: 0.32.0-1+sds2
>> Severity: important
>> Tags: lfs
>>
>> When using the Catalyst 11.7 or 11.8 driver for AMD available in testing or
>> unstable, hardware video acceleration does not work. vainfo reports errors in
>> the driver, as:
>>
>> $ vainfo
>> libva: libva version 0.32.0
>> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
>> libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
>> libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so
>> xvba_video: XVBA_CreateContext(): status 11
>> libva error: /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so init failed
>> libva: va_openDriver() returns -1
>> vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
>>
>> however, when using the package from Splitted Desktop (and fixing the paths),
>> the output is:
> 
> What is splitted desktop, and how is that package different to ours?
> 
>> $ vainfo
>> libva: libva version 0.32.0-sds2
>> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
>> libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
>> libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/va/drivers/fglrx_drv_video.so
>> Segmentation fault
> 
> for this, we'd need a Backtrace:
> http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace
> 
>> Also, when using the AMD Catalyst driver as installed by the AMD script, it
>> works fine.
>>
>> This tells me two things: The libva, while the same version, does not seem to
>> include the same patches as the Splitted Desktop version,
> 
> see my question above
> 
>> and the xvba-va- driver packaged in xvba-va-driver is not the same
>> generated by the AMD package.  If I remember correctlz, this was
>> working before in Catalyst 11.6
> 
> We (Debian) cannot support packages that you have downloaded from other
> sources than Debian. Sorry.
> 
>> In any case, support for AMD XvBA in VA API is broken, even when the pieces are
>> there. I could get it to work by:
>>
>> 1. Install the AMD driver directly
>> 2. Download and compile the libraries from Splitted Desktop
> 
> I've copied the fglrx driver maintainers for their input, as I don't
> even have ATI hardware.
> 


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