# Testing Linux EGL **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** plex-htpc\ **Created:** [February 16, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726 "2022-02-16T15:28:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LudvigH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@LudvigH](https://forums.plex.tv/u/LudvigH)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/21 "2022-02-24T18:03:40Z")
I remember I had this issue a bit on the arch package, but I don’t remember exactly what I did to fix it. One thing you could try is setting `gpu-context=x11egl` in `~/snap/plex-htpc/common/mpv.conf` (you have to create the file and add the line) and see if that makes any difference maybe? On another note I managed to fix my HW acceleration issues I previously had when trying to reproduce this (ref: [Testing Linux EGL - #8 by LudvigH](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/8#main-setup-intel-graphics-on-gnome-wayland-2)) When running on XWayland intel only, I noticed this error: ```auto ERROR - [MPVEngine/mpv] libmpv_render/vaapi-egl/vaapi: libva: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null) ``` And setting `LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD` manually seems to fix it and libva correctly loads the driver. I now get the desired output (`Hardware decoding: vaapi (vaapi-egl)`). So it seems there are some issues with auto-detecting the graphics device and selecting the correct driver. For reference. My complete env to get this working is: `DISABLE_WAYLAND=1 QT_XCB_GL_INTEGRATION=xcb_egl LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD snap run plex-htpc` ---
**Author:** ![e10kstarfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/e10kstarfire/32/259675_2.png) [@e10kstarfire](https://forums.plex.tv/u/e10kstarfire)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/22 "2022-03-01T22:15:21Z")
> [@gbooker02](#): > > Maybe your OS GL is incompatible with the libraries in the snap or perhaps something else is going on What OS would you recommend ? |'m on Linux Mint ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/23 "2022-03-02T16:45:52Z")
Snaps likely work the best on Ubuntu (since that’s the target for compilation). I wonder if you could test this in a Live disk so you don’t have to install anything and effectively test the hardware with this distro. ---
**Author:** ![e10kstarfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/e10kstarfire/32/259675_2.png) [@e10kstarfire](https://forums.plex.tv/u/e10kstarfire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/24 "2022-03-02T17:03:02Z")
I’ll install Ubuntu then, no issue overwriting the current OS as it’s only there for Plex. ---
**Author:** ![Mitzsch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mitzsch/32/308163_2.png) [@Mitzsch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mitzsch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/25 "2022-03-03T09:03:07Z")
Is there an ETA for the inclusion of the `radeonsi_drv_video.so` lib? (or is it something the devs are looking into?) As far as I can tell the new (Plex HTPC V1.12) snap does not ship the lib and therefore no AMD hwdec. ---
**Author:** ![Mogul345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mogul345](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mogul345)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/26 "2022-03-05T22:18:23Z")
- What GPU are you using? - Intel Comet Lake UHD Graphics - Which drivers (particularly those with Nvidia GPUs and whether they are the proprietary or OSS drivers)? - Mesa 21.2.6 - When you launched with the environment variable set, did the UI display and work? - Yes - Did playback work (both cases)? - Yes - Did you get the expected values for the hardware decoding? - Yes Here’s the output of `glxinfo -B`: ```auto name of display: :0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer): Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics (CML GT2) (0x9bca) Version: 21.2.6 Accelerated: yes Video memory: 3072MB Unified memory: yes Preferred profile: core (0x1) Max core profile version: 4.6 Max compat profile version: 4.6 Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1 Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2 OpenGL vendor string: Intel OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics (CML GT2) OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 21.2.6 OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 OpenGL core profile context flags: (none) OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 21.2.6 OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 OpenGL context flags: (none) OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 21.2.6 OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20 ``` Seems to work as expected, not sure if either one performs better than the other though. Using Plex HTPC v 1.12. ---
**Author:** ![VXXii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/34f0e0/32.png) [@VXXii](https://forums.plex.tv/u/VXXii)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/28 "2022-05-10T17:24:21Z")
1. _What GPU are you using?_ NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] 2. _Which drivers (particularly those with Nvidia GPUs and whether they are the proprietary or OSS drivers)?_ proprietary 470.103.01 3. _When you launched with the environment variable set, did the UI display and work?_ No 4. _Did playback work (both cases)?_ regular launch worked, using env. variables yielded black screen. 5. _Did you get the expected values for the hardware decoding?_ in the first case I expected it, but got Hardware Decoding: no (?) -in the second case, black screen with no debug overlay ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/testing-linux-egl/776726/29 "2022-08-08T17:24:40Z")
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