Amd Radeon hd 8600m support

[ondrapois]

Hi, how can I download Radeon hd 8600m driver? I was looking on AMD official website and I didnt find it.

[Aztaroth]

Hello,
LMDE4 is more Debian than ubuntu-based LM. So, if you want to install an AMD driver, do it 'the Debian Way' to avoid trouble :
https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo

[SMG]

Hi, how can I download Radeon hd 8600m driver? I was looking on AMD official website and I didnt find it.

Have you checked your inxi output to see if the driver is already installed? Most radeon drivers are included in the kernel and install automatically when you boot LMDE4.

Please give us information about your install by entering this command in a terminal: inxi -Fxxxrz
Click </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply and then place your cursor between the code markers and paste the results of the command between the code markers [code]Results[/code]. This will let us know how Mint sees your hardware.

[ondrapois]

Hi, how can I download Radeon hd 8600m driver? I was looking on AMD official website and I didnt find it.

Have you checked your inxi output to see if the driver is already installed? Most radeon drivers are included in the kernel and install automatically when you boot LMDE4.

Please give us information about your install by entering this command in a terminal: inxi -Fxxxrz
Click </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply and then place your cursor between the code markers and paste the results of the command between the code markers [code]Results[/code]. This will let us know how Mint sees your hardware.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-84-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 wm: muffin 5.0.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6440 v: 00 serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 9 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0803HT v: A00 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A23 
  date: 10/09/2018 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 8.1 Wh condition: 39.9/65.5 Wh (61%) volts: 12.4/11.1 
  model: Samsung SDI DELL 3VJJC61 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> 
  status: Charging 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4310M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 21549 
  Speed: 1297 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1297 2: 1297 
  3: 1298 4: 1297 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0416 
  Device-2: AMD Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / 
  Radeon 520 Mobile] 
  vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:6660 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,modesetting,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio 
  vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 
  chip ID: 8086:0c0c 
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8c20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-84-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
  port: f080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:153a 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
  port: e000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:088e 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 9.94 GiB (8.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: LITE-ON IT model: LCS-128M6S 2.5 7mm 128GB 
  size: 119.24 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 10E scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 116.38 GiB used: 9.94 GiB (8.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 44.0 C sodimm: 38.0 C gpu: radeon 
  temp: 25 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2723 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
  Processes: 210 Uptime: 34m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 1.42 GiB (18.5%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 

[SMG]

So there are several things to know at this point.
-- Your computer is a dual graphics computer (Intel and Radeon).
-- Both the radeon and Intel graphics drivers are loaded.
-- Your system is set up to render with Intel graphics as that is the standard with these types of laptops.

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0416
Device-2: AMD Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 /
Radeon 520 Mobile]
vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:6660
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,modesetting,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes

I color-coded the drivers so you can see both are there.

Using the link Aztaroth provided, I went to the section which explains how to see your Hybrid Graphics.

To use your Radeon card on specific software such as games, you will use instructions found in this post.

[SMG]

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-84-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 wm: muffin 5.0.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal

This data indicates your system has Ubuntu-based Mint and not Debian-based Mint. I did not catch that when I posted earlier.

You posted in the LMDE Forum which is for Debian-based Mint and since there are so many comments and links related to Debian already in this thread, I am going to leave it in this forum.

The comments about the drivers and how to use the Radeon card for specific software programs are still correct and appropriate for your system.
The links to Debian based information do NOT apply to your install.