On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 07:01:10PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > No. I do not know what actually uses it - I guess some sort of > >video app _might_, but I'm unsure if my SandyBridge will be good > >enough to take advantage of it. Also, I'm some hours away from > >building any video apps on this machine. > > > > Most of what google finds is for libva-vaapi-intel which is > >something different (I tried that a couple of weeks ago on 7.6, but > >my SandyBridge did not use the version in Armin's book and Arch seem > >to be using a git version). > > > > OTOH, there is a thread at ubuntu which suggests they build vlc > >with --enable-libva and it can then be enabled in the configuration. > >The configure script for vlc suggests libva is 'auto' so I'll try to > >test that in the next day or two. > > On my current build system I do not have Intel video, but my previous one > did. I had a library there that linked them in: > > $ ldd i965_drv_video.so > linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff487fd000) > libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fd31ce6b000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fd31cc67000) > libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdrm.so.2 (0x00007fd31ca5a000) > libdrm_intel.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdrm_intel.so.1 (0x00007fd31c83a000) > libva.so.1 => /opt/xorg/lib/libva.so.1 (0x00007fd31c624000) > libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fd31c31e000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fd31bf7b000) > /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fd31d420000) > libpciaccess.so.0 => /opt/xorg/lib/libpciaccess.so.0 (0x00007fd31bd73000) > > My Xorg.0.log does not say explicitly what driver is in use, but it does say: > > intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets: > i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, > 915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, > Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, > GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43 > > So if libva is linked in and Xorg works properly, then I's say the driver > should be marked checked. > > -- Bruce
I'll take a look when I get back to the machine, at the moment I'm trying to catch up with Saturday's TV recordings from the nordic world championships (skiing). Your current machine is still intel, I think - did you go for a xeon or just not connect the intel graphics ? (Just curious) ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
