Bug#639402: libva1: libva does not work with fglrx driver in repository

[Reinhard Tartler]

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reassign 639402 libva1,fglrx-driver
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On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 22:49:31 (CEST), Guillermo Marcus wrote:

> Package: libva1
> Version: 0.32.0-1+sds2
> Severity: important
> Tags: lfs
>
> When using the Catalyst 11.7 or 11.8 driver for AMD available in testing or
> unstable, hardware video acceleration does not work. vainfo reports errors in
> the driver, as:
>
> $ vainfo
> libva: libva version 0.32.0
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
> libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so
> xvba_video: XVBA_CreateContext(): status 11
> libva error: /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so init failed
> libva: va_openDriver() returns -1
> vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
>
> however, when using the package from Splitted Desktop (and fixing the paths),
> the output is:

What is splitted desktop, and how is that package different to ours?

> $ vainfo
> libva: libva version 0.32.0-sds2
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
> libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/va/drivers/fglrx_drv_video.so
> Segmentation fault

for this, we'd need a Backtrace:
http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace

> Also, when using the AMD Catalyst driver as installed by the AMD script, it
> works fine.
>
> This tells me two things: The libva, while the same version, does not seem to
> include the same patches as the Splitted Desktop version,

see my question above

> and the xvba-va- driver packaged in xvba-va-driver is not the same
> generated by the AMD package.  If I remember correctlz, this was
> working before in Catalyst 11.6

We (Debian) cannot support packages that you have downloaded from other
sources than Debian. Sorry.

> In any case, support for AMD XvBA in VA API is broken, even when the pieces are
> there. I could get it to work by:
>
> 1. Install the AMD driver directly
> 2. Download and compile the libraries from Splitted Desktop

I've copied the fglrx driver maintainers for their input, as I don't
even have ATI hardware.

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