Intel GMA 950 (i945g) hardware accelerated video playback

[Member hurka]

Hello,

I have a Dell 1011 netbook.

$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Host: DellMini2020 Kernel: 4.20.12-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc 
  v: 6.3.0 Desktop: herbstluftwm 0.7.1 
  Distro: antiX-17.4.1_386-full Helen Keller 28 March 2019 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 1011 v: A06 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: CN0Y53 v: A06 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A06 date: 07/29/2009 
CPU:
  Topology: Single Core model: Intel Atom N270 bits: 32 type: MT arch: Bonnell rev: 2 
  L2 cache: 512 KiB 
  flags: nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 6384 
  Speed: 1371 MHz min/max: 800/1600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 809 2: 894 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
  resolution: 1024x600~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.20.12-antix.1-486-smp 

when I open a video using mpv this is the log:

libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i915_drv_video.so
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_39
libva error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
Running DIL (3.22.0) Version
DtsDeviceOpen: Opening HW in mode 0
DtsDeviceOpen: Create File Failed
Could not open codec.
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz stereo 2ch float
Using software decoding.
VO: [opengl] 720x480 => 853x480 yuv420p

I would love to see any kind of hw acceleration done by the gpu while playing video.
How should I transition to modesetting driver? (If I remove xserver-xorg-video-intel,
at next reboot I only get console, no X)
I’m not an expert linux user, more like an agile linux user.

Thanks.

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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Intel Atom N270 bits

Choke point. I own a couple touchscreens with this. You might find no joy with using modesetting driver.
I will leave it to the other more knowedgable members for how to switch from i915 driver to modesetting driver.

If I am right in assuming you are the facebook user I replied to.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_n270_2012&num=1

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Thanks!

These two links made me interested, but I couldn’t apply the methods listed here
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics

Note: Some (Debian & Ubuntu, Fedora, KDE) recommend not installing the xf86-video-intel driver, and instead falling back on the modesetting driver for Gen4 and newer GPUs (GMA 3000 from 2006 and newer). See [1], [2], Xorg#Installation, and modesetting(4). However, the modesetting driver can cause problems such as Chromium Issue 370022.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160714232204/https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/4cojj9/it_is_probably_time_to_ditch_xf86videointel/

What makes me confused is when I remove xserver-xorg-video-intel –
then reboot and play a video-
mpv log misses the first 4 lines

libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i915_drv_video.so
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1

but in the reddit thread above, all seem to use i915*.so while using mpv.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by hurka.

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Well. Reddit is tough for me to grok. But reading

Modesetting gives me terrible performance in lightdm. Like 5 frame/sec fade animations. Also seems to happen with Intel if I use DRI3. Using an i915 optimus setup.

Edit: I was able to fix it by switching from lightdm-webkit2-greeter to lightdm-webkit-greeter. Odd because they are both the same version number.
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so I

apt search lightdm

To see what is available. I am kinda the wrong guy for this thread. Since I usually roll with defaults lately. smxi,sgfxi and I have not met up in ages.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by rokytnji.

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[Member hurka]

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I hope I don’t need to install a display manager just to change a driver.

I did some more search on mxlinux forum.

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=39889&start=10

#12
Also, the recent “modesetting” driver in antiX-16-b3 works on my valley-view GPUs as well as the sky-lake. I think they dropped the requirement for >= 128 ALUs.

#14
We are using the older intel driver on the 32-bit version and the newer intel driver on the 64-bit version. This should be fine for most people.

My CPU is 32 bit, and when I try to force modesetting, I get X log:

[    11.210] (WW) glamor requires at least 128 instructions (64 reported)
[    11.210] (EE) modeset(0): Failed to initialize glamor at ScreenInit() time.

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Well. I am not sure on How antiX 17 32 bit 4.20 kernel is set up.

If kernel is the cause. Easy enough to to install another one like a stable 4.3 LTS kernel.

Since netbook board is 2009. You are running 17 which I have moved on from on my gear and so, I only post from memory, what I remember from the 17 days.

So, if wanting to try another kernel. Then try you tweaks on that kernel. One reason this is tough for me is I know xorg changed a bunch between antiX 17 and 19. Easy package command is for the kernel change is. Don’t forget to sudo apt update before launching this

harry@biker:~
$ sudo cli-aptiX
[sudo] password for harry: 
Checking source files ...
Checking for package upgrades ...
Creating database ...
database generation took 1.58 seconds

===============================================================================
antiX Command Line Package Installer
===============================================================================
(no pending upgrades)
                                                                              
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> Search for packages to mark or install                                      
> View a list of 84 suggested Command Line packages                           
> View a list of 165 suggested GUI packages                                   
> Search for antiX kernels                                                    
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