Linux mint running without video acceleration

[Noob_coder]

Hello all, I've been using Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE for 2 months now and this is the first time I am getting this issue. Whenever I boot-up my laptop, I get this notification saying something like "Running without video acceleration". I have searched for this issue on this forum and have gone through some discussion threads but nothing helped. I am not able to adjust my brightness, videos run at about 10 to 20 fps and battery dies faster too.

I am not running with nomodeset enabled and have the latest kernel installed (5.15.0-46). Everything seems to be up-to-date yet I am facing this problem. Attaching the output of

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inxi -Fxxxzz

as It may be helpful.

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System:    Kernel: 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 
           dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X509DA_M509DA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X509DA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: X509DA.306 
           date: 10/11/2019 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 25.0 Wh condition: 25.0/32.1 Wh (78%) volts: 7.8/7.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery 
           type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Not charging cycles: 1093 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ 
           rev: 1 L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 33536 
           Speed: 1222 MHz min/max: 1400/2100 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1933 2: 1926 3: 1932 4: 2582 
           5: 2704 6: 1581 7: 2705 8: 2768 
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.0 
           chip ID: 1002:15d8 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: ati,fbdev unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~77Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1 chip ID: 1002:15de 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor 
           driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.5 chip ID: 1022:15e2 
           Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.15.0-46-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fd 
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: br-f3b2c29ad557 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 704.24 GiB used: 187.99 GiB (26.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1102 size: 238.47 GiB 
           speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 serial: <filter> rev: 20180000 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST500LT012-1DG142 size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
           rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: LVM1 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 181.57 GiB used: 51.96 GiB (28.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 77.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3100 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu-proprietary.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu.list 
           1: deb https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/22.20/ubuntu focal main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una 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
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgadmin4.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/5.2 ubuntu main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources 
           1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu focal main
Info:      Processes: 261 Uptime: 29m Memory: 9.67 GiB used: 1.73 GiB (17.9%) Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 
           Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 

[SMG]

Hello all, I've been using Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE for 2 months now and this is the first time I am getting this issue.

The data you posted indicates you are running Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon. Xfce does not check for video acceleration. Only Cinnamon checks for it.

Your system does not have any graphics drivers loaded which is why you are getting that message.

Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 1002:15d8
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: ati,fbdev unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~77Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes

Also your system has integrated graphics so these repos you added do not apply to your hardware.

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No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu-proprietary.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu.list 
           1: deb https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/22.20/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/5.2 ubuntu main

Do you have a Timeshift snapshot of when your system was working to which you can revert?

[Noob_coder]

Hello @SMG, thanks for replying. Yes I am using the XFCE edition but it never ran into such an issue earlier.

Your system does not have any graphics drivers loaded which is why you are getting that message.

The drivers were there, they just magically disappeared today when I restarted my PC. And I don't have a Timeshift snapshot.

[SMG]

Yes I am using the XFCE edition

No, the data you posted indicates you are not running Xfce.

System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal

The drivers were there, they just magically disappeared today when I restarted my PC. And I don't have a Timeshift snapshot.

Try rebooting the computer and see if they load this time.

[Noob_coder]

No, the data you posted indicates you are not running Xfce.

Sorry. What I meant was that I installed the XFCE edition but later addded the Cinnamon DE (which I am currently running).

Try rebooting the computer and see if they load this time.

Already did that multiple times. Still no result

[SMG]

What I meant was that I installed the XFCE edition but later addded the Cinnamon DE (which I am currently running).

How did you add it? Is that when the problem started?

Can you remember any changes being made between when it was working and when the problem started?

[Noob_coder]

Is that when the problem started?

Nope It ran fine for ~20 days until now when this problem started happening.

Can you remember any changes being made between when it was working and when the problem started?

I just updated the system via the following command:

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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt autoremove

and then rebooted.

[SMG]

I just updated the system via the following command:

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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt autoremove

and then rebooted.

That is not really the recommended way to update the system, especially if you do not have any system backups (Timeshift snapshots). I have no idea of what that might have changed. Do you recall seeing any warnings or errors in the output?

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journalctl -b | grep -i "drm\|amdgpu\|03:00.0"

Maybe there will be some error messages which give us a clue as to what might have happened.

[Noob_coder]

What is the output of

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journalctl -b | grep -i "drm\|amdgpu\|03:00.0"

Following is the output:

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Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: [1002:15d8] type 00 class 0x030000
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff 64bit pref]
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: reg 0x18: [mem 0xf0000000-0xf01fffff 64bit pref]
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: reg 0x20: [io  0xf000-0xf0ff]
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: reg 0x24: [mem 0xfe700000-0xfe77ffff]
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: enabling Extended Tags
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: BAR 0: assigned to efifb
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=none,locks=none
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: vgaarb: bridge control possible
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: vgaarb: setting as boot device
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.1: D0 power state depends on 0000:03:00.0
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: Adding to iommu group 9
Aug 14 07:31:37 user-linuxmint-asus systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module drm...
Aug 14 07:31:38 user-linuxmint-asus systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Succeeded.
Aug 14 07:31:38 user-linuxmint-asus systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module drm.

[SMG]

That is unusual. I'm not sure where the problem is occurring. Did you try booting with an older kernel? If you need directions on doing that, let us know.

[Noob_coder]

Did you try booting with an older kernel?

Did that already. Got the same issue

[SMG]

Boot to a live session of Linux Mint with your install usb/dvd and check the output of inxi -Gx to see if the driver is loaded.