Bug#589367: I have the same problem

Martin Trobäck martin at troback.se
Fri Dec 3 14:48:31 UTC 2010


Hi,

When I run the command 'vainfo' I get the follwing error:

$ vainfo
libva: libva version 0.31.0
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

My problem seems to be which driver it points to. In my case I have no
nvidia_drv_video.so. I have installed the non-free nvidia driver, searching
for nvidia driver finds:

$ find /usr -iname nvidia*.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so

I tried to make a soft link from /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so to the
nvidia_drv.so, but that was unsuccessfull and gave the follwing result:

:/usr/lib/dri$ sudo ln -s  /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
nvidia_drv_video.so
:/usr/lib/dri$ vainfo
libva: libva version 0.31.0
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so failed:
/usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so: undefined symbol: miChangeGC
libva: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

Am I missing some part of the driver?

Some system info:
Debian Squeeze

Package: libva
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.0.1-3

Package: vainfo
Version: 1.0.1-3

Package: nvidia-vdpau-driver
Version: 195.36.31-6

Please let me know if there is anything I can assist with.

BR
Martin
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