HOW to overide MESA driver UHD i965, LE 10.02

    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

    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).

    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.

    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.

    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