This is a horrible bug, and no one wants to seem to fix it. Here's my "version":
(Precondition: installed libvdpau-va-gl1, as it was not there.) Thanks for the VDPAU_DRIVER tip, very appreciated. ~$ export VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl ~$ cd /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri ~$ ls -l total 91924 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17780 Jan 18 09:03 dummy_drv_video.so -rw-r--r-- 5 root root 6214508 Jan 29 18:22 i915_dri.so -rw-r--r-- 5 root root 6214508 Jan 29 18:22 i965_dri.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1779560 Jan 27 21:57 i965_drv_video.so -rw-r--r-- 7 root root 8729848 Jan 29 18:22 kms_swrast_dri.so -rw-r--r-- 7 root root 8729848 Jan 29 18:22 nouveau_dri.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Aug 8 01:22 nouveau_drv_video.so -> vdpau_drv_video.so -rw-r--r-- 5 root root 6214508 Jan 29 18:22 nouveau_vieux_dri.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Aug 8 01:22 nvidia_drv_video.so -> vdpau_drv_video.so ~$ vdpauinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 [VS] Software VDPAU backend library initialized libva info: VA-API version 0.37.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/nouveau_vieux_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 [VS] error (compile_shaders): compilation of shader #0 failed with '' [VS] error (vdpDeviceCreateX11): gl error 1280 Error creating VDPAU device: 25 OK, shared object file simply ISN'T THERE. So why not do this? ~$ sudo ln -s vdpau_drv_video.so nouveau_vieux_drv_video.so vdpauinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 [VS] Software VDPAU backend library initialized libva info: VA-API version 0.37.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/nouveau_vieux_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_35 **** STALLED **** vdpauinfo is stuck after it found the init function Something is seriously broken here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libvdpau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300215 Title: Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_i965.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Status in libvdpau package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in libvdpau-va-gl package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This has been bothering me at least since precise (although there the missing link went to libvdpau_nvidia.so which was all the more mysterious since I do not own NVIDIA hardware). In numerous cases do I get a warning that libvdpau_i965.so is being tried to be accessed but it fails. I also can't find that file anywhere on my system or in the Ubuntu repository. I tried poking around with ldd to find out where the call to that lib comes from but so far unsuccessful. $ vdpauinfo display: :0 screen: 0 Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_i965.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Error creating VDPAU device: 1 libvdpau1:i386 is version 0.7-1 and vdpauinfo is 0.1-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvdpau/+bug/1300215/+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