<div dir="ltr"><div style>Is it possible to take an intel CPU, motheboard w/out video output, and use VAAPI through it?</div><div style><br></div><div style>I'm trying to use a custom xorg.conf along these lines:</div>
<div style><br></div><div style><div>Section "Device"</div><div> Identifier "intel0"</div><div> Driver "intel"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div><div>Section "Screen"</div>
<div> Identifier "screen0"</div><div> Device "intel0"<br></div><div>EndSection</div></div><div><br></div><div style>But I'm unable to start X with this:</div><div style><br></div><div>
[ 5507.348] (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale,</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Sandybridge Desktop (GT2),</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sandybridge Desktop (GT2+), Sandybridge Mobile (GT1),</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sandybridge Mobile (GT2), Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+),</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sandybridge Server, Ivybridge Mobile (GT1), Ivybridge Mobile (GT2),</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ivybridge Desktop (GT1), Ivybridge Desktop (GT2), Ivybridge Server,</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ivybridge Server (GT2)</div><div>[ 5507.348] (--) using VT number 7</div>
<div><br></div><div>[ 5507.353] (EE) No devices detected.</div><div>[ 5507.353] </div><div>Fatal server error:</div><div>[ 5507.353] no screens found</div><div>[ 5507.354] </div><div style><br></div><div style>Does X check that there is a physical video out on the motherboard for it to load a device? Has anyone been able to use X and VAAPI in this sort of headless mode? Would a better approach be to ditch X entirely and use VAAPI through DRM?<br>
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