I found on a Pi 4B that depending on what packages are deleted the dependency for the video hardware acceleration drivers get removed causing Firefox to fallback to software decode which can cause it to lock up or crash.
The drivers can be restored withHowever, vainfo isn't working for me maybe because I'm using X instead of Wayland.
The drivers can be restored with
Code:
sudo apt install mesa-va-drivers vainfoCode:
$ vainfoerror: can't connect to X server!libva info: VA-API version 1.17.0libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri/v3d_drv_video.solibva info: va_openDriver() returns -1vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exitStatistics: Posted by fogmachine — Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:28 pm