Flatpak kodi can't use hardware acceleration (...from Debian can)

Long time Libreelec user now running Linux Mint xfce 22.3, and old Intel NUC 5cyph (system specs at bottom of post). Please let me know if this is the wrong place to seek support, and I will move.

Kodi installs and works fine (via software manager), everything working OK except no hardware acceleration. The options do not even appear in settings (expert), and it’s not used during playback; viewing “o” playback info confirms this.

Installing the “from debian” Kodi version (again from software manager) HW accel works as normal, but as the PPA is no longer maintained, I am stuck on Nexus, where I would like to be current for various reasons, the main one being stability. HW accel also works everywhere else on the machine.

I am not confident to build from source myself.

I have tried various methods to make kodi see GPU- it has been hit and miss, occasionally working, but mostly not working.

• Forcing kodi start with i965 driver
• Using Flatseal to open GPU access (seemed to work initially but then failed)

Any ideas? I was always happy with LibreELEC, but I need a web browser hence the move to a desktop.

Thankyou

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chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8 sub-v: 1000 hci-v: 8 rev: 1000 class-ID: 7c0104 Drives: Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 68.86 GiB (61.6%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 120GB size: 111.79 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / size: 108.98 GiB used: 68.86 GiB (63.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4.41 GiB used: 16 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 7 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-2: 1-3:2 info: Genesys Logic USB 2.0 Hub / D-Link DUB-H4 ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0606 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-3.1:4 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 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(Removed packages here as I could not post more than 4 links as a new user)

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