libva error: /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so init failed

[littleblack111]

only occurs in wayland. im using a desktop. display plugged in to nvidia gpu

followed arch wiki to install the proper drivers. not a dupe. tried specifying the card but still init failed

[AmmoniumX]

Hi, I am also having this exact issue. I saw a previous similar issue on #160 but none of the solutions suggested there work.

Here's more information:

❯ NVD_LOG=1 LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia vainfo
Trying display: wayland
       678.478549093 [3653-3653] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2188       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Initialising NVIDIA VA-API Driver: 40
       678.478563052 [3653-3653] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2197       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Now have 0 (0 max) instances
       678.478589619 [3653-3653] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2223       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Selecting Direct backend
       678.538341590 [3653-3653] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/backend-common.c:  31            isNvidiaDrmFd Invalid driver for DRM device: i915
       678.538375324 [3653-3653] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2248       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Exporter failed
libva error: /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so init failed
vaInitialize failed with error code 1 (operation failed),exit

So it seems that it's trying to use my integrated GPU's driver for the DRM device, instead of using the nvidia driver.
The linked issue suggested to also set 'NVD_BACKEND=direct', but it has no effect on it for me

[littleblack111]

theres multiple issues with this. and i do have NVD_BACKEND set to direct

and my vainfo works

just electron doesn't work... with libva error: /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so init failed

[AmmoniumX]

theres multiple issues with this. and i do have NVD_BACKEND set to direct

and my vainfo works

just electron doesn't work... with libva error: /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so init failed

I have made a separate issue for my problem, but they still seem very similar. For me, it works when running vainfo --display drm, but not with just vainfo, but for you it seems to be the opposite. Either way, hope you find a solution

[littleblack111]

ya vainfo --display drm doesnt work but vainfo does for me

[littleblack111]

hmm specifying --device after --display drm seem to work:

╰─$ NVD_LOG=1 LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia vainfo --display drm --device /dev/dri/renderD129                ─╯
Trying display: drm
    137368.971182579 [3878543-3878543] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2188       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Initialising NVIDIA VA-API Driver: 31
    137368.971188124 [3878543-3878543] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2197       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Now have 0 (0 max) instances
    137368.971189253 [3878543-3878543] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2223       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Selecting Direct backend
    137368.982933737 [3878543-3878543] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 267            init_nvdriver Initing nvdriver...
    137368.982951090 [3878543-3878543] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 285            init_nvdriver NVIDIA kernel driver version: 560.35.03, major version: 560, minor version: 35
    137368.982954946 [3878543-3878543] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/direct/nv-driver.c: 292            init_nvdriver Got dev info: 100 1 2 6
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.22 (libva 2.22.0)
vainfo: Driver version: VA-API NVDEC driver [direct backend]
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Simple              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileAV1Profile0            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain12             :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile2            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain444            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain444_10         :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain444_12         :	VAEntrypointVLD
    137369.151778688 [3878543-3878543] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2098              nvTerminate Terminating 0x5695474c68e0
    137369.152201023 [3878543-3878543] ../nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.12/src/vabackend.c:2112              nvTerminate Now have 0 (0 max) instances

--display drm seem to defaultly use my iGPU (at /dev/dri/renderD128) while without --display drm is using my dGPU(nvidia, located at /dev/dri/renderD129)

[Icey-Glitch]

im getting a similar issue

2225.113819019 [166908-166950] ../src/vabackend.c: 168                     init CUDA ERROR 'unknown error' (999)

      2225.113838198 [166908-166950] ../src/vabackend.c:2187       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Initialising NVIDIA VA-API Driver: 40
      2225.113839994 [166908-166950] ../src/vabackend.c:2196       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Now have 0 (0 max) instances
      2225.113841504 [166908-166950] ../src/vabackend.c:2222       __vaDriverInit_1_0 Selecting Direct backend
      2225.121713375 [166908-166950] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 295            init_nvdriver Initing nvdriver...
      2225.121728331 [166908-166950] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 313            init_nvdriver NVIDIA kernel driver version: 565.77, major version: 565, minor version: 77
      2225.121731203 [166908-166950] ../src/direct/nv-driver.c: 320            init_nvdriver Got dev info: 100 1 2 6
      2225.122296152 [166908-166950] ../src/direct/direct-export-buf.c:  27       findGPUIndexFromFd CUDA ERROR 'initialization error' (3)

      2225.122299926 [166908-166950] ../src/vabackend.c:2252       __vaDriverInit_1_0 CUDA ERROR 'initialization error' (3)