[SOLVED] LXC no permission to use VAAPI

luciferlu

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The LXC can no longer be access to the VAAPI When I change my PVE to use gvt-g. But the host works.
on host vainfo outputs
Code:
error: can't connect to X server!
libva info: VA-API version 1.10.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_10
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.10 (libva 2.10.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 21.1.1 ()
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile2            : VAEntrypointVLD

on LXC vainfo outputs
Code:
root@jellyfin-test:/dev# vainfo
error: can't connect to X server!
error: failed to initialize display

and strace vainfo

Code:
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rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {sa_handler=0x7f56495ac6b0, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_SIGINFO, sa_restorer=0x7f56495b8730}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {sa_handler=0x7f56495ac740, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO, sa_restorer=0x7f56495b8730}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0
prlimit64(0, RLIMIT_STACK, NULL, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM64_INFINITY}) = 0
brk(NULL)                               = 0x556a33bba000
brk(0x556a33bdb000)                     = 0x556a33bdb000
socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0) = 4
connect(4, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, sun_path="/run/user/0/wayland-0"}, 24) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(4)                                = 0
write(2, "error: can't connect to X server"..., 34error: can't connect to X server!
) = 34
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/dri/renderD128", O_RDWR) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/dri/card0", O_RDWR) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
write(2, "error: failed to initialize disp"..., 35error: failed to initialize display) = 35
write(2, "\n", 1
)                       = 1
exit_group(1)                           = ?
+++ exited with 1 +++


Code:
root@jellyfin-test:/dev# ls -l /dev/dri
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root           80 Jun 27 15:10 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root video    226,   0 Jun 28 00:40 card0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root postdrop 226, 128 Jun 27 15:10 renderD128

gvt-g cannot be applied to the LXC container. What's my problem? I use gvt-g in a Win10 VM. It works perfect.But in LXC I can not use UHD630 any more.
 
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I am having this exact problem after upgrading the host to Proxmox VE 7.

My LXC is running Ubuntu 20.04 with Emby.

The container has the following devices:

crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 226, 0 Jul 13 21:35 card0
crwxrwxrwx 1 root render 226, 128 Jul 13 21:35 renderD128

but Emby is unable to access them. It reports "Failed to open the drm device /dev/dri/renderD128"
 
please include your full container config..
 
Container config is as follows:

Code:
arch: amd64
cores: 4
hostname: emby1
memory: 4096
mp0: /store0/Media,mp=/media/store0/Media
net0: name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,gw=10.69.1.254,hwaddr=A6:3D:6B:A5:7C:54,ip=10.69.1.24/24,type=veth
onboot: 1
ostype: ubuntu
rootfs: lvm-nvme0:vm-125-disk-0,size=32G
swap: 512
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow: c 226:0 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow: c 226:128 rwm
lxc.mount.entry: /dev/dri/renderD128 dev/dri/renderD128 none bind,optional,create=file
lxc.mount.entry: /dev/dri/card0 dev/dri/card0 none bind,optional,create=file
 
Code:
you need to switch your 'lxc.cgroup' lines to 'lxc.cgroup2' if your system uses cgroupv2 - see the upgrade docs..

Yes!
Thank you !
I can cancel my plan to add a Nvidia card although I have succeed in unlock vgpu on it.
 
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