Asus NUC 15 with Intel Arc 130T

Dosepower

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Hey everyone,


I'm having trouble getting my Intel ARC A130 GPU working properly on my Proxmox host. I've tried a lot of things but can't get vainfo or VAAPI working, and I'm not sure if it's a driver, firmware, or configuration issue.


I’m planning to use the GPU for hardware acceleration with Frigate (in LXC/Docker), but so far, no luck.


Here's what I've tried and the current state:




vainfo output:

Code:
error: can't connect to X server!

libva info: VA-API version 1.17.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_17
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 1
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_8
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1

vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error), exit




Kernel modules:


Code:
i915                 4194304  1
drm_buddy              24576  2 xe,i915
ttm                    98304  3 drm_ttm_helper,xe,i915
drm_display_helper    262144  2 xe,i915
cec                    86016  3 drm_display_helper,xe,i915
i2c_algo_bit           16384  2 xe,i915
video                  77824  4 asus_wmi,asus_nb_wmi,xe,i915



Firmware seems to load fine:

Code:
[    2.593661] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/mtl_dmc.bin (v2.23)
[    2.607679] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GT0: GuC firmware i915/mtl_guc_70.bin version 70.44.1
[    2.630821] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GT1: GuC firmware i915/mtl_guc_70.bin version 70.44.1
[    2.630824] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GT1: HuC firmware i915/mtl_huc_gsc.bin version 8.5.4
[    2.828529] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GT1: Loaded GSC firmware i915/mtl_gsc_1.bin (cv1.0, r102.1.15.1926, svn 1)





/dev/dri permissions:


Code:
crw-rw---- 1 root video  226,   0 Jun 24 22:03 card0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root render 226, 128 Jun 24 22:03 renderD128



GRUB config:

Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt video=efifb:off i915.force_probe=7d51"





Kernel:




Code:
6.11.11-2-pve



lspci shows:

Code:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Arrow Lake-P [Intel Graphics] (rev 03)



Does anyone know if the current Proxmox kernel has full support for Arrow Lake / Intel ARC A130?
Am I missing something like a specific i915 parameter or kernel patch?


Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
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