Package: mesa-va-drivers
Distribution: testing (forky)
After the latest upgrade on Debian testing (forky), VA-API is completely broken on AMD GPUs.
System:
- Debian testing (forky)
- Kernel: 6.17.12+deb14-amd64
- GPU: AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (Radeon 780M)
- Wayland (KDE Plasma
6.5.4)
Installed versions:
- mesa-va-drivers: 25.2.8-2+b3
- libva2: 2.22.0-3
Running `vainfo` fails with:
libva error: radeonsi_drv_video.so has no function __vaDriverInit_1_0
Both Wayland and DRM backends fail.
VA-API initialization fails completely.
- The same libva version (2.22.0-3) works correctly with mesa-va-drivers 25.0.7-2 on Debian 13 (trixie).
- The radeonsi VA driver in 25.2.8-2+b3 appears to be built against an older libva ABI.
Please rebuild mesa-va-drivers against the current libva (2.22) in testing if my understanding is correct.
= = = = = OUTPUT = = = =
juan@ser8:~$ vainfo
Trying display: wayland
libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so has no function __vaDriverInit_1_0
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
juan@ser8:~$ vainfo --display wayland
Trying display: wayland
libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so has no function __vaDriverInit_1_0
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
juan@ser8:~$ vainfo --display drm
Trying display: drm
libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so has no function __vaDriverInit_1_0
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
juan@ser8:~$ apt policy mesa-va-drivers libva2
mesa-va-drivers:
Installed: 25.2.8-2+b3
Candidate: 25.2.8-2+b3
Version table:
*** 25.2.8-2+b3 500
500
http://deb.debian.org/debian forky/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libva2:
Installed: 2.22.0-3
Candidate: 2.22.0-3
Version table:
*** 2.22.0-3 500
500
http://deb.debian.org/debian forky/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status