Mint 17 and 18 and now 19 AMD GPU drivers! Look here before doing anything!

trytip · Post by **trytip** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:26 am

EDIT:

groovecain · Post by **groovecain** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:15 am

Hii , i had problem with install LM 19 with AMD Radeon Rx570 GPU

i've tried to install LM 19.1 & 19.2 with no luck , at first boot from USB it's show blank screen , i had to use compatibility mode to start, after i've install it , it also blank screen after grub, tried nomodeset parameter it's boot but too slow , try to install the AMDGPU-PRO driver , remove xorg-radeon driver no luck still slow, try to update the kernel to 4.18 also no luck cannot boot without nomodeset, any recommendation to try ? thanks before

Intel i3-4170
Ram 12GB
Asus Strix Radeon RX 570
Asus Motherboard
Samsung evo 860 120gb sata

mohdforever · Post by **mohdforever** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:09 am

using nomodeset at boot from grub menu

upgrade kernel to 5.0

make sure your Mesa version is updated

next boot should be normal without using nomodeset

Increduluy · Post by **Increduluy** » Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:38 pm

Can I get some tips on how to get my new install of 19.2 working nicely please?

PC specs
i74770k
Asus Z87 expert
16GB RAM
AMD RX Vega 56 (not a 64 as reported below)

It seems I have about a 1in4 chance of booting with kernel 4.15.0-64. I've tried with and without nomodeset. Its seemingly random if it works or not.
Also got a reoccurring Cinnamon just crashed. error. Unsure if this is related to my GPU issue or not.

I've tried updating to kernel 5.0.0-29. That wouldn't boot with or without nomodeset.

I haven't tried installing any drivers from AMD or anywhere else.

I don't think its a hardware issue as the whole setup works fine when running Windows 7 off another SSD.

Should I try random 5.x kernels to see if any work? Should I try installing the AMD drivers ?

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inxi -Gx
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Vega 10 XT [Radeon RX Vega 64] 
  vendor: Hightech Information System driver: amdgpu v: kernel 
  bus ID: 03:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: amdgpu,ati 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa 
  resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz, 1920x1200~60Hz 
  OpenGL: 
  renderer: Radeon RX Vega (VEGA10 DRM 3.23.0 4.15.0-64-generic LLVM 8.0.0) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.8 direct render: Yes

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glxinfo -B 
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: X.Org (0x1002)
    Device: Radeon RX Vega (VEGA10, DRM 3.23.0, 4.15.0-64-generic, LLVM 8.0.0) (0x687f)
    Version: 19.0.8
    Accelerated: yes
    Video memory: 8176MB
    Unified memory: no
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 4.5
    Max compat profile version: 4.5
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo):
    VBO free memory - total: 7968 MB, largest block: 7968 MB
    VBO free aux. memory - total: 8158 MB, largest block: 8158 MB
    Texture free memory - total: 7968 MB, largest block: 7968 MB
    Texture free aux. memory - total: 8158 MB, largest block: 8158 MB
    Renderbuffer free memory - total: 7968 MB, largest block: 7968 MB
    Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 8158 MB, largest block: 8158 MB
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 8176 MB
    Total available memory: 16352 MB
    Currently available dedicated video memory: 7968 MB
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon RX Vega (VEGA10, DRM 3.23.0, 4.15.0-64-generic, LLVM 8.0.0)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 19.0.8
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 19.0.8
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 19.0.8
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20

trytip · Post by **trytip** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:32 am

upgrade your mesa drivers https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/u ... cs-drivers first

VDemian · Post by **VDemian** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:18 am

Hi i used the Mint 19.1 with no problem until recently. i have dual boot with windows. Since few weeks before things changed. When i choose the "Mint" i see only black screen. I can enter only in recovery mode and a warning tells me that no acceleration graphics running. Please give me some help because i can not run my linux properly. i give the inxi -Fxz i think you may need.
"System:
Host: DemianPC Kernel: 4.15.0-58-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 7.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.10 Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic

and

Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X]
vendor: XFX Pine driver: N/A bus ID: 09:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: ati,fbdev
unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1024x768~76Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 8.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.8
direct render: Yes

trytip · Post by **trytip** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:33 am

@VDemian
please open a new thread with your issue. this thread you are in is mainly for tutorial purposes. if you can boot with your live linux and restore a timeshift snapshot. by now i shouldn't even have to say it. if people don't take the precautions and protect themselves with a timeshift backup, it must mean you don't want that linux very much.

Increduluy · Post by **Increduluy** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:08 am

trytip wrote: ⤴Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:32 am upgrade your mesa drivers https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/u ... cs-drivers first

Am now on Mesa 19.3.0-devel. Still seem to have a 1in6 chance of booting. It's weird how it is completely inconsistent.

trytip · Post by **trytip** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:28 am

any useful error info?

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dmesg | grep -i "error\|warn\|fail\|amdgpu\|microcode"

Increduluy · Post by **Increduluy** » Tue Oct 08, 2019 12:16 am

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dmesg | grep -i "error\|warn\|fail\|amdgpu\|microcode"
[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x27, date = 2019-02-26
[    1.039471] RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized.
[    1.039488] microcode: sig=0x306c3, pf=0x2, revision=0x27
[    1.039622] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
[    1.241417] [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.
[    1.241533] fb0: switching to amdgpudrmfb from VESA VGA
[    1.241831] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: No more image in the PCI ROM
[    1.241866] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: VRAM: 8176M 0x000000F400000000 - 0x000000F5FEFFFFFF (8176M used)
[    1.241867] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: GART: 512M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000001FFFFFFF
[    1.241867] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AGP: 267419648M 0x000000F800000000 - 0x0000FFFFFFFFFFFF
[    1.241932] [drm] amdgpu: 8176M of VRAM memory ready
[    1.241932] [drm] amdgpu: 8176M of GTT memory ready.
[    1.566657] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.SPT4._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20181213/psargs-330)
[    1.566666] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.SPT4._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20181213/psparse-531)
[    1.570075] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.SPT4._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20181213/psargs-330)
[    1.570082] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.SPT4._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20181213/psparse-531)
[    1.899809] fbcon: amdgpudrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    1.899869] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: fb0: amdgpudrmfb frame buffer device
[    1.933172] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring gfx uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 0
[    1.933173] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring comp_1.0.0 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 0
[    1.933173] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring comp_1.1.0 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 0
[    1.933174] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring comp_1.2.0 uses VM inv eng 5 on hub 0
[    1.933175] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring comp_1.3.0 uses VM inv eng 6 on hub 0
[    1.933175] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring comp_1.0.1 uses VM inv eng 7 on hub 0
[    1.933176] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring comp_1.1.1 uses VM inv eng 8 on hub 0
[    1.933177] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring comp_1.2.1 uses VM inv eng 9 on hub 0
[    1.933178] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring comp_1.3.1 uses VM inv eng 10 on hub 0
[    1.933178] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring kiq_2.1.0 uses VM inv eng 11 on hub 0
[    1.933179] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring sdma0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 1
[    1.933180] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring sdma1 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 1
[    1.933180] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring uvd_0 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 1
[    1.933181] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring uvd_enc_0.0 uses VM inv eng 5 on hub 1
[    1.933182] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring uvd_enc_0.1 uses VM inv eng 6 on hub 1
[    1.933183] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring vce0 uses VM inv eng 7 on hub 1
[    1.933183] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring vce1 uses VM inv eng 8 on hub 1
[    1.933184] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: ring vce2 uses VM inv eng 9 on hub 1
[    1.933861] [drm] Initialized amdgpu 3.27.0 20150101 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0
[    1.942377] usb 3-4: string descriptor 0 read error: -22
[    2.249518] ata8.00: READ LOG DMA EXT failed, trying PIO
[    7.176622] EXT4-fs (sde1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[    7.319139] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001828-0x000000000000182F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001800-0x000000000000187F (\PMIO) (20181213/utaddress-213)
[    7.319148] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C40-0x0000000000001C4F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20181213/utaddress-213)
[    7.319152] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C30-0x0000000000001C3F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001C3F (\GPRL) (20181213/utaddress-213)
[    7.319155] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C30-0x0000000000001C3F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20181213/utaddress-213)
[    7.319159] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001C2F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001C3F (\GPRL) (20181213/utaddress-213)
[    7.319162] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001C2F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20181213/utaddress-213)

Hassel16 · Post by **Hassel16** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:26 pm

Hi everybody,
I'm using an APU including the Radeon HD 8750 graphics unit and also notice unsatisfactory operation of the the default driver. For any reason the output is scaled, leading to a cut of the desktop by the physical borders of the monitor and an unsharp appearance of all lettering. The panel is not fully shown, only at enlarged panel height the leftmost menu icon becomes partly visible. The system configuration is as follows:

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System:
  Host: bueropc Kernel: 4.15.0-64-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.2.4 Distro: Linux Mint 19.2 Tina 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A serial: <root required> 
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: F2A85X-UP4 serial: <root required> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: F2 date: 08/31/2012 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: AMD A8-6500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 
  bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
  Speed: 1697 MHz min/max: 1700/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1697 2: 1697 
  3: 1696 4: 1696 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Richland [Radeon HD 8570D] driver: radeon v: kernel 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-64-generic LLVM 8.0.0) 
  v: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.8 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia driver: snd_hda_intel 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-64-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  driver: r8169 
  IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 94:de:80:06:05:5f 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 40.62 GiB (1.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: HD501LJ size: 465.76 GiB 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: HD103UJ size: 931.51 GiB 
  ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Seagate model: ST31500341AS size: 1.36 TiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 686.67 GiB used: 20.31 GiB (3.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd5 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-0 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 7.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 7 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 195 Uptime: 1h 51m Memory: 7.32 GiB used: 2.37 GiB (32.4%) 
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.32

The ASUS 24T1E monitor is recognized as Ancor Communications Inc. 23".

Trying to get a better desktop appearance with xrandr and appropriate options may succeed in correcting the desktop cuts, but the lettering keeps unsharp due to re-scaling of a scaled output.

In case I start the system in recovery mode without graphics driver and acceleration, the desktop is not cut and all lettering is sharp, i.e. statically it looks fine, of course it lacks graphics performance. The graphics section of the inxi output looks different now:

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Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Richland [Radeon HD 8570D] driver: N/A 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: vesa resolution: 1920x1080~N/A 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 8.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.8

In recovery mode a message indicates poor graphics performance and prompts to start the driver manager to solve this problem. However, this fails during download of the repository information showing the message:

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W:GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: 
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: 
NO_PUBKEY 4773BD5E130D1D45, 
E:The repository 'http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease' is not signed.

So my question is: Can I get a fitting and sharp desktop and satisfactory graphics performance (no 3D, Gaming etc.) at the same time?
In other words, how the unnecessary scaling by the driver is avoidable? Of course I would prefer to start the system correctly in automated manner instead of re-adjusting the graphics output afterwards by terminal commands.

There is only one reference to the HD 8570 graphics in this forum thread (by Calboy386, Jan 17, 2019), which seems to be not helpful to me.
I would very much appreciate helpful replies, thanks in advance!

trytip · Post by **trytip** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:28 am

@Increduluy
remove the spotify ppa from Software Sources it's in the menu then update your system. you should not have any drivers to install
when you open display from the system settings control center and you use the dropdown to get resolutions have you tried them all?

rmlazzari · Post by **rmlazzari** » Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:03 pm

Well, it seems I finally found right place for my issue. (I was trying at wrong places in Mint Forum, I guess, here viewtopic.php?f=46&t=306140.)

First I'd like to apologize because my Mint version is in Brazilian Portuguese so I'd try to translate the messages I'm receiving from Mint into English through a translating on-line site but maybe technical terms could be different of normal conversation. Second, apologize for I'm nothing but a well intentioned and hard worker but beginner with computers.

I'm trying to install Mint in the follow notebook:

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System:
  Host: mari-HP-Pavilion-g4-Notebook-PC Kernel: 4.15.0-70-generic x86_64 
  bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.2.4 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.2 Tina base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion g4 Notebook PC 
  v: 068D130000244610000610100 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3565 v: 21.46 serial: <filter> BIOS: Insyde 
  v: F.6A date: 05/13/2013 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.8 Wh condition: 24.9/24.9 Wh (100%) 
  model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon HD Graphics 
  bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Fusion L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 11978 
  Speed: 801 MHz min/max: 800/1500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 801 2: 801 
  3: 872 4: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6520G] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: N/A bus ID: 00:01.0 
  Device-2: AMD Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: ati,fbdev 
  unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1366x768~76Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 8.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.8 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G 
  series] 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.1 
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:14.2 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-70-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network 
  Adapter 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A port: 3000 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 
  bus ID: 03:00.0 
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: wlp2s0b1 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 12.56 GiB (1.8%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK7575GSX size: 698.64 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 686.67 GiB used: 12.56 GiB (1.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 76.1 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 183 Uptime: 27m Memory: 3.34 GiB used: 1.12 GiB (33.4%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.4.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 
  inxi: 3.0.32

After getting blank screen and after learn using "nomodeset" in the GRUB, I downloaded the drivers from https://www.amd.com/pt/support and installed as the AMD's manual said. But a top-right window with message at the boot still brings something like "Your videoboard isn't being used so your system can be slow, go to 'Drivers Manager' and fix it.".

I did that and the drivers manager recommended to use X-Org drivers instead of the AMD's. I follow the recommendations but the warning message still appears.

I'd like to set both the cards (the one inside the processor and the external) to free the processor. Can somebody help me?

berni123 · Post by **berni123** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:13 pm

Hey

any hints how to get MINT 18.3 or 19.3 running with A10-6700 APU with hardware rendering and multi monitor support with kernel 4.4.0 or 5.0.0 ?
Trying it, it is still using software rendering.
Only kernel 3.19 works.

Kernel 3:

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berni@ds5 ~ $ inxi -GSC -c 0
System:    Host: ds5 Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7
           Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-6700 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 3700 MHz 1: 1800 MHz 2: 1800 MHz 3: 2700 MHz 4: 1800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8670D]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1600x1200@60.00hz, 1920x1200@59.95hz
           GLX Renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.40.0 / 3.19.0-32-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 18.0.5

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berni@ds5 ~ $ inxi -GSC -c 0
System:    Host: ds5 Kernel: 4.4.0-171-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7
           Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-6700 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 3700 MHz 1: 2700 MHz 2: 1800 MHz 3: 2300 MHz 4: 2300 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8670D]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: fbdev,ati (unloaded: vesa,radeon) 
           Resolution: 1920x1200@77.00hz
           GLX Renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 6.0, 128 bits) 
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 18.0.5

zimudec · Post by **zimudec** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:08 pm

Hi, how are you?

A doubt. Now that linux mint 17.3 has finished its support, what recommendation are there for users who have legacy video cards, where fglrx (catalyst) is the only option to take advantage of 3D potential?

He asked why if they stay in version 17.3, there are no security updates, and update would force the driver to use xf86-video-ati and lose all that potential, right?

me4okyx · Post by **me4okyx** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:31 pm

Hey guys, I'm using my Dell e5570 with i7 6th gen, 16GB ram and AMD Radeon R7 M370 2GB on Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. I can't seem to find any drivers for it, I can't even check if the system sees it and the card is working with no problems in windows, so it's not a hardware issue. Are there drivers for this video card that I could install to make things better? My Mint 19.3 is running smooth without any issues what so ever even on the dock station and it's like perfect. I was just wondering how to check out if the system is using the card and if there is anything I can do to make things better and easier for my laptop. Thanks in advance

HAWR · Post by **HAWR** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:21 pm

Hello me4okyx,

with the following terminal command you get informations of your graphic card(s) and can see, which driver is in use.

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lspci -nnk | egrep -i "VGA|3D|Display" -A2

Your AMD card belongs to the so called "Sea Islands" and is able to run with amdgpu kernel module instead of radeon. If it runs with radeon, here you can find a way to enable amdgpu:

viewtopic.php?f=59&t=310594

me4okyx · Post by **me4okyx** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:45 pm

The result is shown as it should be and amdgpu is the driver in use after doing the thing in the video from your link

Thanks you very much @HAWR

HAWR · Post by **HAWR** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:57 pm

You're welcome and I'm glad to hear it

sarge816 · Post by **sarge816** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:50 am

Anybody know how to successfully add a new resolution? 1920 is just too tiny for my eyes and LM19 Xfce does not scale well like Windows at that resolution. At least, not on my 15" laptop screen. Resolution selection is extremely limited for some reason, with 1920x1080 and 1280x720 being my only two options for 16:9 display. Currently using the latter, but 1366x768 would be just about right - maybe even 1600x900. Unfortunately, every time I try to add either using this guide I get a blank screen and have to hard reboot.

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$ lspci -nnk | egrep -i "VGA|3D|Display" -A2
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wani [Radeon R5/R6/R7 Graphics] [1002:9874] (rev c8)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Carrizo [1043:1931]
	Kernel driver in use: amdgpu

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asus2                       
    description: Notebook
    product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X510QA_F510QA
    vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    version: 1.0
    serial: K5N0CX04C521206
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-3.0 dmi-3.0 smp vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=VivoBook uuid=EA78B7B1-E4CB-491D-A2A2-F2D6268160D1
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: X510QA
       vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
       physical id: 0
       version: 1.0
       serial: QCCXKG2UC91900709
       slot: MIDDLE
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: X510QA.306
          date: 04/23/2019
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 8128KiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification uefi
     *-cache:0
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 4
          slot: L1 CACHE
          size: 320KiB
          capacity: 320KiB
          clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
          capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
          configuration: level=1
     *-cache:1
          description: L2 cache
          physical id: 5
          slot: L2 CACHE
          size: 2MiB
          capacity: 2MiB
          clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
          capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
          configuration: level=2
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 28
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 8GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns)
             product: M471A5244CB0-CTD
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 0
             serial: 72619510
             slot: DIMM 0
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: [empty]
             product: (
             vendor: @
             physical id: 1
             serial: (,
        *-bank:2
             description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns)
             product: M471A5244CB0-CTD
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 2
             serial: 949302D1
             slot: DIMM 0
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: [empty]
             physical id: 3
             serial: #.
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD A12-9720P RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 33
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: AMD A12-9720P RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G
          slot: P0
          size: 2144MHz
          capacity: 2700MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc rep_good acc_power nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext ptsc mwaitx cpb hw_pstate ssbd ibpb vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 xsaveopt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic vgif overflow_recov cpufreq
          configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=4
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Complex
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
        *-generic:0 UNCLAIMED
             description: IOMMU
             product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) I/O Memory Management Unit
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 0.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi ht cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Wani [Radeon R5/R6/R7 Graphics]
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: c8
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
             resources: irq:36 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f07fffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:feb00000-feb3ffff memory:c0000-dffff
        *-multimedia:0
             description: Audio device
             product: Kabini HDMI/DP Audio
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
             physical id: 1.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:39 memory:feb64000-feb67fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 2.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.4
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:26 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fea00000-feafffff
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                logical name: wlp1s0
                version: 00
                serial: dc:f5:05:90:27:21
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_pci driverversion=5.3.0-45-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.27 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:37 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:fea00000-fea0ffff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 3.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:28 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:f0900000-f0afffff ioport:f0b00000(size=2097152)
        *-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: Encryption controller
             product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 8
             bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msix ht pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:f0800000-f081ffff memory:fe900000-fe9fffff memory:feb6f000-feb6ffff memory:feb6a000-feb6bfff
        *-multimedia:1
             description: Computer telephony device
             product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Audio Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 9.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:09.2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:40 memory:feb60000-feb63fff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB XHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 10
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
             version: 20
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb68000-feb69fff
           *-usbhost:0
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 5.3.0-45-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 0
                bus info: usb@2
                logical name: usb2
                version: 5.03
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
              *-usb
                   description: Keyboard
                   product: USB Receiver
                   vendor: Logitech
                   physical id: 3
                   bus info: usb@2:3
                   version: 12.01
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s
           *-usbhost:1
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 5.3.0-45-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@3
                logical name: usb3
                version: 5.03
                capabilities: usb-3.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=5000Mbit/s
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 11
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
             version: 49
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=32
             resources: irq:19 ioport:f140(size=8) ioport:f130(size=4) ioport:f120(size=8) ioport:f110(size=4) ioport:f100(size=16) memory:feb6d000-feb6d3ff
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 12
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
             version: 49
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb6c000-feb6c0ff
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 5.3.0-45-generic ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@1
                logical name: usb1
                version: 5.03
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
              *-usb
                   description: USB hub
                   vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: usb@1:1
                   version: 0.18
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
                 *-usb:0 UNCLAIMED
                      description: Generic USB device
                      product: ELAN:Fingerprint
                      vendor: ELAN
                      physical id: 1
                      bus info: usb@1:1.1
                      version: 1.63
                      capabilities: usb-2.00
                      configuration: maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
                 *-usb:1
                      description: Bluetooth wireless interface
                      product: Bluetooth Radio
                      vendor: Realtek
                      physical id: 3
                      bus info: usb@1:1.3
                      version: 1.10
                      serial: 00e04c000001
                      capabilities: bluetooth usb-1.10
                      configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=500mA speed=12Mbit/s
                 *-usb:2
                      description: Video
                      product: USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam
                      vendor: Azurewave
                      physical id: 4
                      bus info: usb@1:1.4
                      version: 16.01
                      serial: 0x0001
                      capabilities: usb-2.00
                      configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: FCH SMBus Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 4a
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: FCH LPC Bridge
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
             physical id: 14.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Function 0
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:5
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Function 1
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 105
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:6
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Function 2
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 106
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:7
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Function 3
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 107
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=k10temp
          resources: irq:0
     *-pci:8
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Function 4
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 108
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=fam15h_power
          resources: irq:0
     *-pci:9
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Function 5
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
          physical id: 109
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-scsi
          physical id: 1
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: PLEXTOR PX-256M8
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 1.01
             serial: P02918102198
             size: 238GiB (256GB)
             capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
             configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=35e87d1d-d8ad-45ca-a103-0c2072e8a1f2 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
                description: Windows FAT volume
                vendor: MSDOS5.0
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                version: FAT32
                serial: 6e83-24db
                size: 255MiB
                capacity: 259MiB
                capabilities: boot fat initialized
                configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=SYSTEM name=EFI system partition
           *-volume:1
                description: reserved partition
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                serial: e479c545-b769-4ea0-85e3-2990cb2ab5a6
                capacity: 15MiB
                capabilities: nofs
                configuration: name=Microsoft reserved partition
           *-volume:2
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 3
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
                logical name: /dev/sda3
                version: 3.1
                serial: 783e-5267
                size: 828MiB
                capacity: 849MiB
                capabilities: boot precious readonly hidden nomount ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2019-05-11 21:56:06 filesystem=ntfs label=RECOVERY modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true name=Basic data partition resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
           *-volume:3
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 4
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
                logical name: /dev/sda4
                version: 3.1
                serial: 663b52d7-91e9-9f4f-910d-9b8e3ff8a61a
                size: 162GiB
                capacity: 162GiB
                capabilities: ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2019-05-11 21:22:16 filesystem=ntfs label=OS modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true name=Basic data partition resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
           *-volume:4
                description: EXT4 volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 5
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,5
                logical name: /dev/sda5
                logical name: /
                version: 1.0
                serial: dc241015-9ef7-404f-a274-5aa4119f3a65
                size: 74GiB
                capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                configuration: created=2020-04-02 18:00:40 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2020-04-05 08:23:56 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2020-04-05 08:23:56 state=mounted

Any tips or tricks would be much appreciate, otherwise I guess I can live with 720p.

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