[Solved] Drivers for AMD Radeon Vega 7

[MrArsov]

Hello,

my first post here, I installed a fresh Linux Mint 20.2 on my sisters new Asus Vivobook but when I log in I get a message that video driver is missing and I may have high CPU usage. When I enter inxi -Fxmz the output is:

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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 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X513UA_M513UA
  v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X513UA v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: X513UA.308 date: 06/28/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.1 Wh condition: 42.4/42.1 Wh (101%)
  model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery status: Discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.25 GiB used: 1.51 GiB (20.9%)
  RAM Report:
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
  type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  bogomips: 50304
  Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/2100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1397 2: 1397
  3: 1397 4: 1395 5: 1395 6: 1397 7: 1397 8: 1396 9: 1343 10: 1397 11: 1430
  12: 1397
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,fbdev
  unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~77Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.5
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1
  Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.5
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
  v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.6
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-84-generic
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
  vendor: AzureWave driver: rtl8821ce v: v5.5.2.1_35598.20191029 port: f000
  bus ID: 01:00.0
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Ralink MT7610U (Archer T2U 2.4G+5G WLAN Adapter type: USB
  driver: mt76x0u bus ID: 1-4:2
  IF: wlx503eaa872a4e state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 11.28 GiB (2.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNU512GZ size: 476.94 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.96 GiB used: 11.27 GiB (2.4%) fs: ext4
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.2 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2700
Info:
  Processes: 264 Uptime: 8m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0
  Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38
hrisy@hrisy-VivoBook-ASUSLaptop-X513UA-M513UA:~$

Can you please help me? I'm not very good with this, so if you do decide to answer, please have in mind I'm an amateur.

[SMG]

Welcome to the forum, MrArsov.

The cpu for that computer came out after the 5.4 kernel, so it does not have the necessary graphics drivers. Please upgrade to the 5.11 kernel which is available in Update Manager.

Open Update Manager. Select View > Linux Kernels and click Continue. Make sure 5.11 is selected on the left panel and then click the top-most option on the right panel. An "Install" button will appear. Install the kernel and then reboot for it to become active.

[MrArsov]

Welcome to the forum, MrArsov.

The cpu for that computer came out after the 5.4 kernel, so it does not have the necessary graphics drivers. Please upgrade to the 5.11 kernel which is available in Update Manager.

Open Update Manager. Select View > Linux Kernels and click Continue. Make sure 5.11 is selected on the left panel and then click the top-most option on the right panel. An "Install" button will appear. Install the kernel and then reboot for it to become active.

Thank you for the fast reply, I actually noticed from other threads that I should be using 5.8+ but since it's a fresh installation I didn't consider checking it. Will try tomorrow.

[DisturbedDragon]

Thank you for the fast reply, I actually noticed from other threads that I should be using 5.8+ but since it's a fresh installation I didn't consider checking it. Will try tomorrow.

The 5.8 series is EOL, you will want 5.11 series.

[MrArsov]

Thank you guys for the help. I upgraded and now it's all good.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.11.0-36-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X513UA_M513UA 
  v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X513UA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: X513UA.308 date: 06/28/2021 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.4 Wh condition: 42.4/42.1 Wh (101%) 
  model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery status: Not charging 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.24 GiB used: 1.83 GiB (25.3%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 
  type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 50303 
  Speed: 1791 MHz min/max: 1400/2100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1797 2: 1796 
  3: 4042 4: 3422 5: 4036 6: 4041 7: 1790 8: 1792 9: 2334 10: 1891 11: 1792 
  12: 1783 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: amdgpu,ati 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.40.0 5.11.0-36-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1 
  Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor 
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.5 
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.6 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.0-36-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: AzureWave driver: rtl8821ce v: v5.5.2.1_35598.20191029 port: f000 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 12.11 GiB (2.5%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNU512GZ size: 476.94 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.96 GiB used: 12.10 GiB (2.6%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 65.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 49 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2300 
Info:
  Processes: 319 Uptime: 14m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 
  Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38 

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Thank you guys for the help. I upgraded and now it's all good.

Glad to hear that. Please go to your first post in this thread, click the pencil icon, and add [SOLVED] to the title so others know you are no longer seeking help on this issue.