libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with unknown libva error with 2 GPUs & NVIDIA drivers
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rchennafi commented
I was recently trying to use usevia https://github.com/the-via/releases - which uses VA-API to render things through electron, but it did not work, upon further investigation there appeared to be some sort of issue with my install of VA-API. The browser usevia.app version of this app also has problems but I don't see what the particular error actually is there.,
The error that seems to pop up is libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with unknown libva error
I went through several issues here and setup my nvidia card as a direct backend, ensured other drivers were removed, and set the NVD_BACKEND=direct and LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia.
When the usevia app is on in system or on the browser, I see in nvidia-settings that my GPU usage is going up but the Video Engine Utilization is going unchanged.
Maybe this issue is caused by the presence of two GPUs on my system? One is isolated from the machine and setup in passthrough to a local windows VM.
System: Linux 6.8.7-arch1-1
lspci | grep NVIDIA
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080] (rev a1)
03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA102 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
09:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 3GB] (rev a1)
09:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
sudo lspci -knn | grep nvidia
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidianvidia-smi
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.76 Driver Version: 550.76 CUDA Version: 12.4 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Off | 00000000:09:00.0 On | N/A |
| 0% 52C P5 8W / 150W | 254MiB / 3072MiB | 1% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 1010 G /usr/lib/Xorg 161MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3171 G /usr/lib/insync/insync 2MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 6984 G ...00,262144 --variations-seed-version 86MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
This command seems to fail when trying the x11 display.
NVD_LOG=1 vainfo
Trying display: wayland
Trying display: x11
libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with unknown libva error
1634.538727240 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2140 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Initialising NVIDIA VA-API Driver: 10
1634.538732940 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2149 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Now have 0 (0 max) instances
1634.538735295 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2175 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Selecting Direct backend
1634.544265330 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/direct-export-buf.c: 85 direct_initExporter Found NVIDIA GPU 0 at /dev/dri/renderD128
1634.544270500 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 246 init_nvdriver Initing nvdriver...
1634.544284997 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 264 init_nvdriver NVIDIA kernel driver version: 550.76, major version: 550, minor version: 76
1634.544289876 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 271 init_nvdriver Got dev info: 900 1 0 fe
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.21 (libva 2.21.0)
vainfo: Driver version: VA-API NVDEC driver [direct backend]
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain12 : VAEntrypointVLD
1634.621263968 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2050 nvTerminate Terminating 0x61cba0922360
1634.621338188 [24568-24568] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2064 nvTerminate Now have 0 (0 max) instances
It seems it works fine if I just use the drm display, though I do not fully understand what this setting means.
NVD_LOG=1 vainfo --display=drm
Trying display: drm
1852.216741160 [26010-26010] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2140 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Initialising NVIDIA VA-API Driver: 31
1852.216746400 [26010-26010] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2149 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Now have 0 (0 max) instances
1852.216748664 [26010-26010] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2175 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Selecting Direct backend
1852.222217695 [26010-26010] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 246 init_nvdriver Initing nvdriver...
1852.222236831 [26010-26010] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 264 init_nvdriver NVIDIA kernel driver version: 550.76, major version: 550, minor version: 76
1852.222241240 [26010-26010] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 271 init_nvdriver Got dev info: 900 1 0 fe
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.21 (libva 2.21.0)
vainfo: Driver version: VA-API NVDEC driver [direct backend]
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain12 : VAEntrypointVLD
1852.288709435 [26010-26010] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2050 nvTerminate Terminating 0x57191f4cea30
1852.288759850 [26010-26010] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2064 nvTerminate Now have 0 (0 max) instances
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Happy to provide more details. Thanks in advance.
elFarto commented
Is it possible for you to run whatever app is producing the failed with unknown libva error with NVD_LOG=1 set?
philipl commented
I get this with mpv. It seems harmless in that context but here's what I see (not much it seems)
$ NVD_LOG=1 mpv /storage/video/test-patterns/juddertest_60.mp4 --profile=nvidia-vaapi --pause
[auto_hwdec] Applying profile: nvidia
(+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 1920x1072 60.000fps)
[vaapi] libva: vaGetDriverNames() failed with unknown libva error
153672.905497062 [522207-522224] ../src/vabackend.c:2187 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Initialising NVIDIA VA-API Driver: 10
153672.905505190 [522207-522224] ../src/vabackend.c:2196 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Now have 0 (0 max) instances
153672.905506954 [522207-522224] ../src/vabackend.c:2222 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Selecting Direct backend
153672.905514018 [522207-522224] ../src/direct/direct-export-buf.c: 68 direct_initExporter Searching for GPU: 0 0 128
153672.905569045 [522207-522224] ../src/backend-common.c: 31 isNvidiaDrmFd Invalid driver for DRM device: i915
153672.905576246 [522207-522224] ../src/direct/direct-export-buf.c: 68 direct_initExporter Searching for GPU: 0 0 129
153672.905581442 [522207-522224] ../src/direct/direct-export-buf.c: 90 direct_initExporter Found NVIDIA GPU 0 at /dev/dri/renderD129
153672.905583630 [522207-522224] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 267 init_nvdriver Initing nvdriver...
153672.905595619 [522207-522224] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 285 init_nvdriver NVIDIA kernel driver version: 550.78, major version: 550, minor version: 78
153672.905598362 [522207-522224] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 292 init_nvdriver Got dev info: 100 1 2 6
philipl commented
Or just vainfo:
$ NVD_LOG=1 vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 1.20.0
libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with unknown libva error
libva info: User environment variable requested driver 'nvidia'
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_0
153782.803536185 [522753-522753] ../src/vabackend.c:2187 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Initialising NVIDIA VA-API Driver: 10
153782.803545194 [522753-522753] ../src/vabackend.c:2196 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Now have 0 (0 max) instances
153782.803547590 [522753-522753] ../src/vabackend.c:2222 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Selecting Direct backend
153782.809043867 [522753-522753] ../src/direct/direct-export-buf.c: 68 direct_initExporter Searching for GPU: 0 0 128
153782.809098594 [522753-522753] ../src/backend-common.c: 31 isNvidiaDrmFd Invalid driver for DRM device: i915
153782.809104074 [522753-522753] ../src/direct/direct-export-buf.c: 68 direct_initExporter Searching for GPU: 0 0 129
153782.809108815 [522753-522753] ../src/direct/direct-export-buf.c: 90 direct_initExporter Found NVIDIA GPU 0 at /dev/dri/renderD129
153782.809110525 [522753-522753] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 267 init_nvdriver Initing nvdriver...
153782.809122503 [522753-522753] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 285 init_nvdriver NVIDIA kernel driver version: 550.78, major version: 550, minor version: 78
153782.809125456 [522753-522753] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 292 init_nvdriver Got dev info: 100 1 2 6
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.20 (libva 2.12.0)
vainfo: Driver version: VA-API NVDEC driver [direct backend]
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileAV1Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain12 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444_12 : VAEntrypointVLD
153782.879260909 [522753-522753] ../src/vabackend.c:2097 nvTerminate Terminating 0x5c446236e060
153782.879299807 [522753-522753] ../src/vabackend.c:2111 nvTerminate Now have 0 (0 max) instances
mirh commented
The error that seems to pop up is libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with unknown libva error
That seems the usual error when you aren't compiling libva with -Dwith_legacy=nvctrl
rchennafi commented
Is it possible for you to run whatever app is producing the
failed with unknown libva errorwithNVD_LOG=1set?
Sorry about the delay, kept forgetting to answer this one. The app here is UseVIA.
https://github.com/the-via/releases/releases/tag/v3.0.0
libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with unknown libva error
4233189.194632299 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2140 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Initialising NVIDIA VA-API Driver: 10
4233189.194641867 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2149 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Now have 0 (0 max) instances
4233189.194644763 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2175 __vaDriverInit_1_0 Selecting Direct backend
4233189.209202604 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/direct-export-buf.c: 85 direct_initExporter Found NVIDIA GPU 0 at /dev/dri/renderD128
4233189.209209357 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 246 init_nvdriver Initing nvdriver...
4233189.209224495 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 264 init_nvdriver NVIDIA kernel driver version: 550.76, major version: 550, minor version: 76
4233189.209228322 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 271 init_nvdriver Got dev info: 900 1 0 fe
4233189.341736983 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 569 nvGetConfigAttributes Got here with profile: 6 == 4
4233189.341748395 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 6 with 1 attributes
4233189.341752453 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 658 nvCreateConfig got config attrib: 0 0 1
4233189.341757161 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 4 (8) (nil) -1431655766
4233189.341760237 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 4 (8) 0x2e9801777180 8
4233189.343499991 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1821 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes Returning constraints: width: 48 - 4096, height: 16 - 4096
4233189.343511303 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 6 with 0 attributes
4233189.343517685 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 569 nvGetConfigAttributes Got here with profile: 7 == 4
4233189.343520269 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 7 with 1 attributes
4233189.343522353 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 658 nvCreateConfig got config attrib: 0 0 1
4233189.343525038 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 4 (8) (nil) -1431655766
4233189.343527724 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 4 (8) 0x2e9801777180 8
4233189.345257059 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1821 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes Returning constraints: width: 48 - 4096, height: 16 - 4096
4233189.345263751 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 7 with 0 attributes
4233189.345269322 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 569 nvGetConfigAttributes Got here with profile: 13 == 4
4233189.345271897 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 13 with 1 attributes
4233189.345273870 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 658 nvCreateConfig got config attrib: 0 0 1
4233189.345276425 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 4 (8) (nil) -1431655766
4233189.345278409 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 4 (8) 0x2e9801777180 8
4233189.347290065 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1821 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes Returning constraints: width: 48 - 4096, height: 16 - 4096
4233189.347295836 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 13 with 0 attributes
4233189.347300996 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 569 nvGetConfigAttributes Got here with profile: 17 == 8
4233189.347303481 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 17 with 1 attributes
4233189.347306136 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 658 nvCreateConfig got config attrib: 0 0 1
4233189.347308420 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 8 (8) (nil) -1431655766
4233189.347310885 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 8 (8) 0x2e9801777180 8
4233189.348971030 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1821 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes Returning constraints: width: 144 - 8192, height: 144 - 8192
4233189.348976630 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 17 with 0 attributes
4233189.348981219 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 569 nvGetConfigAttributes Got here with profile: 19 == 10
4233189.348984675 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 19 with 1 attributes
4233189.348987030 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 658 nvCreateConfig got config attrib: 0 0 1
4233189.348989665 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 10 (8) (nil) -1431655766
4233189.348992169 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 10 (8) 0x2e9801777180 8
4233189.350722346 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1821 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes Returning constraints: width: 128 - 8192, height: 128 - 8192
4233189.350729680 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 19 with 0 attributes
4233189.350734439 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 569 nvGetConfigAttributes Got here with profile: 18 == 8
4233189.350736934 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 18 with 1 attributes
4233189.350738757 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 658 nvCreateConfig got config attrib: 0 0 1
4233189.350741192 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 8 (10) (nil) -1431655766
4233189.350743676 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1754 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes with 8 (10) 0x2e9801777180 8
4233189.352400906 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:1821 nvQuerySurfaceAttributes Returning constraints: width: 144 - 8192, height: 144 - 8192
4233189.352406536 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c: 637 nvCreateConfig got profile: 18 with 0 attributes
4233189.352420443 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2050 nvTerminate Terminating 0x2e9801791400
4233189.352506905 [1439902-1439902] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.11/src/vabackend.c:2064 nvTerminate Now have 0 (0 max) instances