On my Intel X9 388H, iHD_drv_video.so fails to initialise due to missing information about the GPU:

$ vainfo
Trying display: wayland
libva info: VA-API version 1.24.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_24
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 1
vaInitialize failed with error code 1 (operation failed),exit

$ lspci -nn | grep Arc
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Panther Lake [Arc Pro B390] [8086:b086] (rev 04)

This bug was fixed in upstream about a month ago: https://github.com/intel/media-driver/commit/6d452ae78277516b949286f0bb3736629ab00223

Can I request updating the package to the latest upstream version (26.3.5), which includes this fix?

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
intel-media-driver, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1151357@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org> (supplier of updated intel-media-driver package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:24:02 +0200
Source: intel-media-driver
Architecture: source
Version: 26.3.5+dfsg1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
Closes: 1151357
Changes:
 intel-media-driver (26.3.5+dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi ]
   * d/control: fix typo
 .
   [ Sebastian Ramacher ]
   * New upstream version 26.3.5+dfsg1 (Closes: #1151357)
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