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I appreciate and a thank you to the responders.
Made a post way back in 2018 about how to enable my AMD gpu.
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SMG's reply pointed out that way back in 2018 I had two graphics cards listed in my inxi command output.
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Graphics: Card-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 / M440/M445]
bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
drivers: modesetting,ati,amdgpu (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1600x900@59.95hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kaby Lake GT2)
version: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes
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steve@steve:~$ inxi -Fxxz
System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-81-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5567 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 05VRRG v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.5.0
date: 06/11/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 17.1 Wh condition: 17.1/42.0 Wh (41%) volts: 12.6/11.4
model: Samsung SDI DELL C4HCW6C serial: <filter> status: Full
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Amber Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 23199
Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700
3: 700 4: 700
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5916
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: amdgpu,ati,modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9d71
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-81-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040
bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:3165
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 385.13 GiB (41.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS100T2B0A-00SM50
size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 24.12 GiB used: 18.05 GiB (74.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /home size: 387.95 GiB used: 367.06 GiB (94.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: 35.0 C sodimm: 33.0 C gpu: amdgpu
temp: 25 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 220 Uptime: 14m Memory: 15.54 GiB used: 1.56 GiB (10.1%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 7/9
Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
steve@steve:~$
I'm not sure where and when the amdgpu went missing.
SMG suggeststed
"You might want to run some checks on the health of your drive and run fsck on your filesystem."
I made an on line research about the fsck command. I think fsck is a file system repair tool and it could be dangerous (bork your machine) if not executed properly. I'm not ready to use it without some help. I do have live LM 20.2 usb ISO and a clone made earlier today, just in case something goes wrong.
I replaced the Toshiba HDD with a Western Digital SSD a couple of years ago. Didn't try access the amdgpu with the new SSD installed. Didn't pay much any attention to it, or notice it, because in my previous attempt use the amdgpu had lower performance marks.
Using kernels 5.8.x and 5.11.x don't show the amdgpu.
I'm not sure where and when the amdgpu went missing.
SMG suggested
"You might want to run some checks on the health of your drive and run fsck on your filesystem."
I made an on line search about the fsck command. I think fsck is a file system repair tool and it could be dangerous (bork your machine) if not executed properly. I'm not ready to use it without some help. I do have live LM 20.2 usb ISO and a clone made earlier today. Just in case something totally goes wrong.
I replaced the Toshiba HDD with a Western Digital SSD a couple of years ago. Didn't try access the amdgpu with the SSD installed. Didn't pay any attention to the amdgpu, or notice it, because of my previous attempt use the amdgpu had lower performance marks.
Booting with kernels 5.8.x and 5.11.x didn't show the amdgpu.
I'm not in a crisis about about this, Just wondering if there is a solution how to get the max performance with Intel vs Amd gpus on my machine.
PS
A big "Thank You" to AndyMH, the developer of Foxclone. Saved my butt several times when I tried something that I shouldn't have.