HOW to overide MESA driver UHD i965, LE 10.02

denist · October 9, 2022 at 8:24 AM

Hi,

Need help what and where do i force the override of the UHD driver to i965.

Hardware J5005.

tried the below still loads the iHD driver as per vainfo.

/storage/.config/kodi.conf

MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965

LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965

thanks in advance

**mglae** · October 9, 2022 at 9:22 AM

vainfo (or the shell) is not using kodi.conf by default. Try:

Code

source /storage/.config/kodi.conf
export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE
export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME
vainfo

Edit: fixed the sample code, shell variables have to be exported

journalctl -u kodi will show the libva messages of kodi (beside others).

denist · October 11, 2022 at 12:40 PM

how to load the above codes at boot to load the i965 drivers

thanks.

**mglae** · October 11, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Quote from denist

how to load the above codes at boot to load the i965 drivers

No need to do that.

kodi.conf is a kodi only configuration and is used. The journalctl command will show the used driver.

The sample code is only needed to set the environment for vainfo.

denist · October 12, 2022 at 10:45 AM

So by adding

MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965

LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965

in kodi.cfg it is loading the i965 drivers and the journalctl -u kodi is just showing which driver is being used, as vainfo does not show the driver that is being used. Am i understanding this correctly.

thanks.

denist · October 12, 2022 at 11:21 AM

This is the output. Is tis showing that the i965 driver is loaded?

-- Journal begins at Wed 2022-10-12 21:16:23 AEDT, ends at Wed 2022-10-12 21:19:49 AEDT. --

Oct 12 21:16:34 LibreELEC systemd[1]: Starting Kodi Media Center...

Oct 12 21:16:34 LibreELEC systemd[1]: Started Kodi Media Center.

Oct 12 21:16:35 LibreELEC kodi.sh[763]: libva info: VA-API version 1.11.0

Oct 12 21:16:35 LibreELEC kodi.sh[763]: libva info: User environment variable requested driver 'i965'

Oct 12 21:16:35 LibreELEC kodi.sh[763]: libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so

Oct 12 21:16:35 LibreELEC kodi.sh[763]: libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_11

Oct 12 21:16:35 LibreELEC kodi.sh[763]: libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

**mglae** · October 12, 2022 at 3:59 PM

Quote from denist

This is the output. Is tis showing that the i965 driver is loaded?

Yes.