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4ndy

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Registered: 2012-10-26

Posts: 6

[SOLVED] libva-intel-driver 1.3.2-1 breaks hardware acceleration

Hello,

I'm running Arch with XFCE on my Lenovo L540 (i5-4200M, HD4600) on the integrated full HD display and a second full HD screen attached with a mini-Displayport-DVI adaptor.

Since yesterday's system update my laptop screen randomly shows visual artifacts  (horizontal lines).
When I open Steam both monitors show multiple copies of the Steam window and finally the second monitor blanks.

Screenshot

Here is the pacman.log of the update:

[2014-06-19 20:36] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2014-06-19 20:36] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2014-06-19 20:36] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2014-06-19 20:37] [PACMAN] upgraded bash (4.3.018-1 -> 4.3.018-3)
[2014-06-19 20:37] [PACMAN] upgraded kdelibs (4.13.2-2 -> 4.13.2-3)
[2014-06-19 20:37] [PACMAN] upgraded libusb (1.0.18-1 -> 1.0.19-1)
[2014-06-19 20:37] [PACMAN] upgraded libva-intel-driver (1.3.1-1 -> 1.3.2-1)
[2014-06-19 20:37] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-firmware (20140316.dec41bc-1 -> 20140603.a4f3bc0-1)
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.15.1-1-ARCH
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.15.1-1-ARCH
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2014-06-19 20:38] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.14.6-1 -> 3.15.1-1)
[2014-06-19 20:38] [PACMAN] upgraded pam (1.1.8-4 -> 1.1.8-5)
[2014-06-19 20:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
[2014-06-19 20:38] [PACMAN] upgraded virtualbox-host-modules (4.3.12-3 -> 4.3.12-5)

First i tried changing the driver settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf to:

Section "Device"
	Identifier "Intel Graphics"
	Driver "intel"
	Option "TearFree" "true"	
	Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
EndSection

But nothing changed.

Eventually only downgrading libva-intel-driver to Version 1.3.1-1 helped.

Is anyone experiencing a similar issue?

EDIT: The problem reoccured with libva-intel-driver 1.3.1-1. Seems like it isn't a problem of libva-intel-driver.
Kernel downgrade also didn't help.

Last edited by 4ndy (2014-06-20 15:33:52)

stevenhoneyman

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From: England

Registered: 2014-05-25

Posts: 241

Re: [SOLVED] libva-intel-driver 1.3.2-1 breaks hardware acceleration

My adobe flash is still broken, but that's been that way for a while (apparently it's a libva bug)
Steam runs OK, haven't noticed any other problems either.

edit: laptop+external dvi monitor, both Full HD. Intel i5 4th gen

Last edited by stevenhoneyman (2014-06-20 14:17:17)

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Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,607

Re: [SOLVED] libva-intel-driver 1.3.2-1 breaks hardware acceleration

Nope, no problems here on either Ironlake or Haswell, using mpv and flash (via libvdpau-va-gl). Well, mpv tends to freeze sometimes on Ironlake, but that issue was already there with 1.3.1

I find it weird that libva-intel-driver is the cause for your problems, considering you're seeing issues even with non-video stuff. Are you sure it's libva-intel-driver and not the 3.14.6 -> 3.15.1 kernel upgrade?

4ndy

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Registered: 2012-10-26

Posts: 6

Re: [SOLVED] libva-intel-driver 1.3.2-1 breaks hardware acceleration

The problem reoccured with libva-intel-driver 1.3.1-1.
A downgrade 3.15.1 -> 3.14.6 also didn't change anything.

Funnily enough Steam works at the moment with all the latest packages installed.
I have no clue what the cause of the problem was.
Hopefully it stays this way