Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: steam (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1698287
Title:
VA-API fails to initialize in a Gnome Shell Wayland session
Status in Libva:
New
Status in Mutter:
Confirmed
Status in Totem:
Confirmed
Status in VLC media player:
New
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in gst-plugins-bad1.0 package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gstreamer-vaapi package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Status in libva package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in mpv package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in mutter package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in steam package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The Intel i965 VA-API driver works well in Xorg sessions (Unity7 and
Gnome Shell). But it refuses to load when in a Wayland session:
$ totem bbb_sunflower_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4
libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva
error,driver_name=(null)
$ env LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965 totem bbb_sunflower_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4
totem: intel_driver.c:112: intel_driver_init: Assertion
`VA_CHECK_DRM_AUTH_TYPE(ctx, VA_DRM_AUTH_DRI1) || VA_CHECK_DRM_AUTH_TYPE(ctx,
VA_DRM_AUTH_DRI2) || VA_CHECK_DRM_AUTH_TYPE(ctx, VA_DRM_AUTH_CUSTOM)' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)
$ gst-play-1.0 bbb_sunflower_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4
Press 'k' to see a list of keyboard shortcuts.
Now playing /home/dan/Videos/bbb_sunflower_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4
Redistribute latency...
Redistribute latency...
ERROR Internal error: could not render surface for
file:///home/dan/Videos/bbb_sunflower_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4
ERROR debug information: ../../../gst/vaapi/gstvaapisink.c(1482):
gst_vaapisink_show_frame_unlocked ():
/GstPlayBin:playbin/GstPlaySink:playsink/GstBin:vbin/GstVaapiSink:vaapisink0
WORKAROUNDS:
* Use weston instead of gnome-shell; or
* $ env -uDISPLAY totem ... # but creates corruption -> bug 1701463
* $ env GST_GL_WINDOW=wayland totem ... # but creates corruption -> bug
1701463
* $ env GST_GL_WINDOW=wayland gst-play-1.0 --videosink glimagesink ...
* $ env -uDISPLAY mpv --hwdec --opengl-backend=wayland ...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: i965-va-driver 1.8.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-22.24-generic 4.10.15
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 16 13:40:38 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-03 (44 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170502)
SourcePackage: intel-vaapi-driver
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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