Updated and Optimized Ubuntu Free Graphics Drivers

[oibaf]

Just for reference, - it works now again in Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-ae99ea6 2021-10-14 focal-oibaf-ppa).

Thanks for the feedback, it was then a temporary regression.

[oibaf]

Packages for Ubuntu Jammy are now provided in the PPA.

[Anibyl]

Hi,
I've been using the PPA for quite a while. Thank you for maintaining it!
However, lately I had to downgrade packages by using

sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers

Sadly, some were not downgraded:

$ apt list --installed | grep oibaf

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

libegl1/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f amd64 [installed,local]
libgl-dev/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f amd64 [installed,local]
libgl1/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f amd64 [installed,local]
libgl1/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f i386 [installed,local]
libgles2/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f amd64 [installed,local]
libglvnd0/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f amd64 [installed,local]
libglvnd0/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f i386 [installed,local]
libglx-dev/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f amd64 [installed,local]
libglx0/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f amd64 [installed,local]
libglx0/now 1.3.3-1~oibaf~f i386 [installed,local]

I'll try downgrading them manually but it would be better if ppa-purge could do that.

[lorn10]

And here follows a short crocus related question, - is crocus VA-API support now included in this PPA?

According to the following information there should exist support for this in the intel-vaapi-driver. However, in my case the corresponding crocus_drv_video.so file is missing. Currently I am on Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-71673cd 2022-01-19 focal-oibaf-ppa).

[oibaf]

And here follows a short crocus related question, - is crocus VA-API support now included in this PPA?

According to the following information there should exist support for this in the intel-vaapi-driver. However, in my case the corresponding crocus_drv_video.so file is missing. Currently I am on Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-71673cd 2022-01-19 focal-oibaf-ppa).

Hi, I pushed an updated libva. Can you try again tomorrow, after new mesa build, and let me know?
Thanks for the hint.

[lorn10]

Hi oibaf

Many thank for this super fast response!

I should note that my system is a dual-GPU one. It contains an Intel HD 2000 "Sandy Bridge" and a Radeon HD 6770 "TURKS" GPU. The scheme is as follow, GPU0 is the AMD GPU while GPU1 is the Intel GPU. Yes, I know this is strange but that's the way how Apple has implemented it at the iMac 12,2.

My used oibaf build is now Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-0c31ab3 2022-01-20 focal-oibaf-ppa).

Unfortunately VA-API is still not functional in conjunction with the crocus driver. For whatever reason it always uses the r600_drv_video.so file instead for the crocus_drv_video.so (which still doesn't exist I think).

test@test-iMac:~/Downloads$ DRI_PRIME=1 mpv big_buck_bunny_1080p_h264_AAC.mov
(+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 1920x1080 24.000fps)
(+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (aac 6ch 48000Hz)
crocus: driver missing
crocus: driver missing
[vaapi] libva: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r600_drv_video.so init failed
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz 5.1 6ch float
VO: [gpu] 1920x1080 yuv420p
AV: 00:00:27 / 00:09:56 (4%) A-V: 0.000


Exiting... (Quit)

However, it works fine with the Radeon dGPU:

test@test-iMac:~/Downloads$ DRI_PRIME=0 mpv big_buck_bunny_1080p_h264_AAC.mov
(+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 1920x1080 24.000fps)
(+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (aac 6ch 48000Hz)
Using hardware decoding (vaapi).
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz 5.1 6ch float
VO: [gpu] 1920x1080 vaapi[nv12]
AV: 00:00:14 / 00:09:56 (2%) A-V: 0.000


Exiting... (Quit)

[oibaf]

Hi oibaf

Many thank for this super fast response!

I should note that my system is a dual-GPU one. It contains an Intel HD 2000 "Sandy Bridge" and a Radeon HD 6770 "TURKS" GPU. The scheme is as follow, GPU0 is the AMD GPU while GPU1 is the Intel GPU. Yes, I know this is strange but that's the way how Apple has implemented it at the iMac 12,2.

My used oibaf build is now Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-0c31ab3 2022-01-20 focal-oibaf-ppa).

Unfortunately VA-API is still not functional in conjunction with the crocus driver. For whatever reason it always uses the r600_drv_video.so file instead for the crocus_drv_video.so (which still doesn't exist I think).

test@test-iMac:~/Downloads$ DRI_PRIME=1 mpv big_buck_bunny_1080p_h264_AAC.mov
(+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 1920x1080 24.000fps)
(+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (aac 6ch 48000Hz)
crocus: driver missing
crocus: driver missing
[vaapi] libva: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r600_drv_video.so init failed
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz 5.1 6ch float
VO: [gpu] 1920x1080 yuv420p
AV: 00:00:27 / 00:09:56 (4%) A-V: 0.000


Exiting... (Quit)

However, it works fine with the Radeon dGPU:

test@test-iMac:~/Downloads$ DRI_PRIME=0 mpv big_buck_bunny_1080p_h264_AAC.mov
(+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 1920x1080 24.000fps)
(+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (aac 6ch 48000Hz)
Using hardware decoding (vaapi).
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz 5.1 6ch float
VO: [gpu] 1920x1080 vaapi[nv12]
AV: 00:00:14 / 00:09:56 (2%) A-V: 0.000


Exiting... (Quit)

I had another look at the issue, it seems the patch was merged after libva 2.13, which currently is the latest version. As soon as a new version will be released I may sync it in the PPA.

[oibaf]

Ubuntu hirsute/21.04 is EoL, upgrade to impish/21.10.

[lorn10]

A short hint from my side, - libva 2.14 is out and it includes now finally also crocus VA-API support!

[oibaf]

A short hint from my side, - libva 2.14 is out and it includes now finally also crocus VA-API support!

It's in now!
Please test and let me know.