Bug#1112002: kodi: Fails to start on Ivybridge laptop (Dell E6230) "Can not initialize OpenGL context"
Package: kodi
Version: 2:21.2+dfsg-4+b1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Kodi does not start - immediate crash
Run kodi from command line:
libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 1
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 1
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
ERROR: Can not initialize OpenGL context. Exiting
ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting
'this->recurse > 0' failed at ../src/pipewire/thread-loop.c:62 do_unlock()
Also logs the errors above in kodi.log
Upgraded to testing version of kodi and still fails.
Cannot downgrade mesa etc as suggested here
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=381083
As dependencies mean deletion of almost all userspace packages
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.0
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.12.41+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages kodi depends on:
ii kodi-bin 2:21.2+dfsg-4+b1
ii kodi-data 2:21.2+dfsg-4
Versions of packages kodi recommends:
ii kodi-repository-kodi [kodi-repository] 2:21.2+dfsg-4
ii kodi-visualization-spectrum 21.0.2+ds-1
kodi suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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