Exactly the same results after updating to libva 2.6.1. I see no regressions here. Xorg Ssession --------------- # chromium libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null) [5728:5728:0226/154631.635080:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(417)] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error [5728:5728:0226/154631.893196:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(161)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null) [5808:5808:0226/154631.980472:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(417)] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error # vainfo libva info: VA-API version 1.6.0 libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null) vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit Wayland Session -------------------- # chromium libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null) [4890:4890:0226/154433.311917:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(417)] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error [4890:4890:0226/154433.541304:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(161)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null) [4954:4954:0226/154433.643151:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(417)] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error # vainfo libva info: VA-API version 1.6.0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/emgd_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit