I can't install the graphic driver for my laptop. It is a Dell Inspiron from 2015. My GPU is an AMD Radeon R7 M265.
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# sudo lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
Subsystem: Dell Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
Kernel driver in use: bdw_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
[...]
04:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Opal XT [Radeon R7 M265] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
!!! Unknown header type 7f
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu
My next step was trying linuxmint 18.3. After installing linux-firmware I found that the AMDGPU driver is not included (this is a well-known problem that I was unaware of).
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# sudo lshw -c video
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 09
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:49 memory:d0000000-d0ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:5000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
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# lspci -nnk | grep -i vga -A3 | grep 'in use'
Kernel driver in use: i915
Thanks for reading. I would appreciate any help!
