keine HW acceleration mit GeForce GT 710

[michaa7]

vainfo zeigt mir den folgenden Fehler an:

~$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 1.20.0
libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with unknown libva error
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

Meine Graka:

$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] driver: nvidia v: 470.223.02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia
    resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 470.223.02 renderer: NVIDIA
    GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2

$ apt policy va-driver-all
va-driver-all:
  Installiert:           2.20.0-2
...

Jemand ne idee was der Fehler besagt und wie er behebbar ist?

[towo]

Nvidia kann kein vaapi.
Es gibt aber nvidia-vaapi-driver, welches einen Wrapper auf vaapi macht.
Keine Ahnung, ob das mit so einem alten Eisen geht.

[dibl]

...
Es gibt aber nvidia-vaapi-driver, welches einen Wrapper auf vaapi macht.
...

Out of curiosity, I installed the nvidia-vaapi-driver package and tested it on my hardware with

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vainfo It does not work on this hardware:

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Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 525.147.05
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia

This is just FYI -- I have no problem playing videos.

[towo]

@dibl

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LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia vainfo

https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver/blob/master/README.md

[michaa7]

thanks towo, dibl ... I've no clue whether it works or not. vainfo isn't any different pre and post install so ...

And as I am using Vivaldi (chrome based) the wrapper wouldn't be of any help anyways. But it doesn't hurt either :-)

[dibl]

@dibl

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LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia vainfo

https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver/blob/master/README.md

Got it -- Thank you. I see it is written for Firefox browser. I use SRWare Iron a lot, as well as Firefox, and no problem with videos on either browser, so I think I'm finished with it, for now.

Greetz -- Frohe Weihnachten.