Video Mesa Driver? crashes Older Lenovo Laptop with KDE Desktop

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I have been unable to use Kodi for a while on my W530 Laptop. I suspect the Mesa or Intel driver. Here is what I have:-

alastair@localhost:~> inxi -GxxS 
**System:    Host:** localhost **Kernel:** 5.10.3-1-default x86_64 **bits:** 64 **compiler:** N/A **Desktop:** KDE Plasma 5.20.4  
           **tk:** Qt 5.15.2 **wm:** kwin_x11 **dm:** SDDM **Distro:** openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210101  
**Graphics:  Device-1:** Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics **vendor:** Lenovo **driver:** i915 **v:** kernel **bus ID:** 00:02.0  
           **chip ID:** 8086:0166  
           **Device-2:** NVIDIA GK107GLM [Quadro K1000M] **vendor:** Lenovo **driver:** nouveau **v:** kernel **bus ID:** 01:00.0  
           **chip ID:** 10de:0ffc  
           **Device-3:** Acer ThinkPad Integrated Camera **type:** USB **driver:** uvcvideo **bus ID:** 1-1.6:5  
           **chip ID:** 5986:02d2  
           **Display:** x11 **server:** X.org 1.20.10 **compositor:** kwin_x11 **driver:** modesetting,nouveau  
           **unloaded:** fbdev,vesa **alternate:** intel,nv,nvidia **resolution:** <xdpyinfo missing>  
           **OpenGL:****renderer:** Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) **v:** 4.2 Mesa 20.2.4 **compat-v:** 3.0  
           **direct render:** Yes  
alastair@localhost:~>

When I try and run kodi I get the following and kodi crashes immediately:-

alastair@localhost:~> kodi 
libva info: VA-API version 1.10.0 
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/iHD_drv_video.so 
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so 
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_8 
failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/hybrid_drv_video.so 
Not using hybrid_drv_video.so 
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 
failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/hybrid_drv_video.so 
Not using hybrid_drv_video.so 
Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix> 
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix> 
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>:<exec_prefix>] 
ImportError: No module named site 
malloc(): smallbin double linked list corrupted 
/usr/bin/kodi: line 219: 26051 Aborted                 (core dumped) ${KODI_BINARY} $SAVED_ARGS 
find: ‘/home/alastair/pCloudDrive/Crypto Folder’: Permission denied 
Crash report available at /home/alastair/kodi_crashlog-20210103_111626.log 
alastair@localhost:~>

I believe I have accepted a driver with a health warning for kde systems and 3D acceleration. Whatever the case I do not need 3D acceleration so how please can I unravel this and get things working again?

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Uninstall nouveau. Blacklist nouveau.
Install nVidia’s drivers.

Possibly you need to install Mesa 3D drivers for VA-API.

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Hi and thanks for the suggestions. I tried to remove nouveau and there was nothing to do
Not sure how to blacklist correctly. I could just edit /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf but am in the dark about kernel modules and initrd.
Mesa 3D drivers appear to be installed.
How do I get nVidia drivers?
More checking and help needed please.

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You have what appears to be an Optimus configuration. Have you read up on what makes Optimus special, and how to deal with drivers for Optimus? I would make sure suse-prime is installed for directing which GPU to use when. Kodi could be trying to use the wrong driver, and if you use suse-prime to make a switch, the crashes could disappear.

Before trying to install NVidia’s drivers, I’d exhaust all possibilities without. That includes both xf86-video-intel and xf86-video-nouveau and xorg-x11-driver-video not being installed.

If TW is still providing inxi-3.1.0, try using latest upstream version 3.2.0, which makes its graphics output better understandable. Also, with G, instead of xx, try ay. Inxi -I or inxi --version will report the version.