Public bug reported: I was trying to figure out if VAAPI would be supported on my hardware. I came across http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2104318 and tried to run vainfo which gave me
$ vainfo --help libva info: VA-API version 0.34.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit digging around I found that I was apparently missing a dependency or should I say the vainfo package misses to declare it? $ ll /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so ls: cannot access /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so: No such file or directory $ apt-file search /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so i965-va-driver: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so ** Affects: libva (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libva in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1301415 Title: vainfo fails to run (missing dependency on i965-va-driver package) Status in “libva” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I was trying to figure out if VAAPI would be supported on my hardware. I came across http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2104318 and tried to run vainfo which gave me $ vainfo --help libva info: VA-API version 0.34.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit digging around I found that I was apparently missing a dependency or should I say the vainfo package misses to declare it? $ ll /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so ls: cannot access /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so: No such file or directory $ apt-file search /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so i965-va-driver: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libva/+bug/1301415/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp