Here's my first attempt at a fix for totem. Although fixing this bug in totem then triggers corruption (bug 1701463) as well as higher CPU, so still needs more verification to see if the higher CPU is just a side- effect of poor plugin choice or related to the corruption...
** Patch added: "fix-1698287-for-totem-via-gstreamer-vaapi.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/totem/+bug/1698287/+attachment/4906439/+files/fix-1698287-for-totem-via-gstreamer-vaapi.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to libva in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1698287 Title: VA-API fails to initialize in a Gnome Shell Wayland session Status in Libva: New Status in Totem: Incomplete Status in gstreamer-vaapi package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in intel-vaapi-driver package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in libva package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in mpv package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in totem package in Ubuntu: New 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 see bug 1701463 * $ 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libva/+bug/1698287/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
