Check Your Video Drivers Message Each Start Up

[mawil1013]

[SOLVED]
Each time I start up (just did a new install on Mint) there is a message; Check your video drivers; Your system is currently running without video hardware acceleration. You may experience poor performance and high CPU usage.

Then I Launch Driver Manager I get; Your computer does not need any additional drivers.

[Hoser Rob]

Not really enough system info there at all, copy/paste the text output of inxi -Fxz run in the terminal. Always do this when asking support questions.

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Each time I start up (just did a new install on Mint) there is a message; Check your video drivers; Your system is currently running without video hardware acceleration. You may experience poor performance and high CPU usage.

Then I Launch Driver Manager I get; Your computer does not need any additional drivers.

That is likely to happen when the video drivers your computer needs are included in the kernel. It sounds like you may need to use a newer kernel than the one which came with the Mint ISO you installed. Please supply the info Hoser Rob has requested so we know how Mint sees your hardware.

[mawil1013]

Not really enough system info there at all, copy/paste the text output of inxi -Fxz run in the terminal. Always do this when asking support questions.

Thanks! Appreciate the tip! Here it is.

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System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-89-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
           base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Convertible System: Dell product: Inspiron 7405 2n1 v: 1.5.4 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0626R6 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.5.4 date: 06/10/2021 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.9 Wh condition: 37.9/39.8 Wh (95%) model: BYD DELL CF5RH0C status: Full 
           Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2A62.0001-battery model: 04F31234:00 04F3:2A62 charge: N/A status: N/A 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: 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: 28447 
           Speed: 1344 MHz min/max: 1400/2375 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2810 2: 3051 3: 2545 4: 2567 5: 3151 6: 3865 
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir vendor: Dell 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 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor vendor: Dell 
           driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.5 
           Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 03:00.6 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-89-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 16.10 GiB (6.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: KBG40ZNS256G NVMe KIOXIA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 109.66 GiB used: 16.05 GiB (14.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 72.8 C mobo: 37.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2389 
Info:      Processes: 224 Uptime: 7h 45m Memory: 7.21 GiB used: 1.65 GiB (22.8%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38

[mawil1013]

Each time I start up (just did a new install on Mint) there is a message; Check your video drivers; Your system is currently running without video hardware acceleration. You may experience poor performance and high CPU usage.

Then I Launch Driver Manager I get; Your computer does not need any additional drivers.

That is likely to happen when the video drivers your computer needs are included in the kernel. It sounds like you may need to use a newer kernel than the one which came with the Mint ISO you installed. Please supply the info Hoser Rob has requested so we know how Mint sees your hardware.

System: Kernel: 5.4.0-89-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Convertible System: Dell product: Inspiron 7405 2n1 v: 1.5.4 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0626R6 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.5.4 date: 06/10/2021
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.9 Wh condition: 37.9/39.8 Wh (95%) model: BYD DELL CF5RH0C status: Full
Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2A62.0001-battery model: 04F31234:00 04F3:2A62 charge: N/A status: N/A
CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: 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: 28447
Speed: 1344 MHz min/max: 1400/2375 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2810 2: 3051 3: 2545 4: 2567 5: 3151 6: 3865
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir vendor: Dell 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 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor vendor: Dell
driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.5
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 03:00.6
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-89-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 16.10 GiB (6.8%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: KBG40ZNS256G NVMe KIOXIA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 109.66 GiB used: 16.05 GiB (14.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 72.8 C mobo: 37.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2389
Info: Processes: 224 Uptime: 7h 45m Memory: 7.21 GiB used: 1.65 GiB (22.8%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38

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Thanks! Appreciate the tip! Here it is.

Your output indicates there are no graphics drivers loaded. A 4000 series Ryzen should be running with a newer kernel in order for the graphics to load.

Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir vendor: Dell 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 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes

Instructions for upgrading to the 5.11 kernel:

• 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.

That should install the graphics driver and then you will not get the message. Let us know if that clears the issue for you.

[mawil1013]

Thanks! Appreciate the tip! Here it is.

Your output indicates there are no graphics drivers loaded. A 4000 series Ryzen should be running with a newer kernel in order for the graphics to load.

Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir vendor: Dell 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 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes

Instructions for upgrading to the 5.11 kernel:

• 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.

That should install the graphics driver and then you will not get the message. Let us know if that clears the issue for you.

Kernal 5.11 Solved it!