[GTALUG] Last Ubuntu OS Update Breaks ffmpeg

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 08:15:57AM -0400, Stephen via talk wrote:
> And help and/or advise appreciated.
> 
> I am using 18.4 and apply all updates.
> 
> I have been using ffmpeg for many years to convert file formats. I am now
> getting errors that have me confused. Here is the command line:
> 
> ffmpeg -i 101.Cat.avi -c:v libx264 -c:a copy 101.Cat.mp4
> 
> I now get many errors:
> 
> libGL error: unable to load driver: i965_dri.so
> libGL error: driver pointer missing
> libGL error: failed to load driver: i965
> libGL error: unable to load driver: i965_dri.so
> libGL error: driver pointer missing
> libGL error: failed to load driver: i965
> libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
> libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
> X Error: GLXBadContext
> Request Major code 155 (GLX)
> Request Minor code 6 ()
> Error Serial #55
> Current Serial #54
> 
> I Google the errors and everything seems to focus on bugs in Android Studio
> which I don't use.
> 
> So I am at a loss for how to fix this.

lsorensen at lsorensen-PC1:~$ apt-file search i965_dri
libgl1-mesa-dri: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_dri.so

Do you have the package libgl1-mesa-dri installed?

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Len Sorensen