Questions[amd-graphics](ubuntu)

I just installed Oibaf's graphics driver, on my laptop, and also Lutris (with Wine and all that) beacuse I want to play games like Diablo 3.

Everything worked fine, I also installed vulkan, and Wine + Gallium Nine The output of lshw -c video is :

  *-display                 
   description: VGA compatible controller
   product: HD Graphics 5500
   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:45 memory:d3000000-d3ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:7000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
 *-display
   description: Display controller
   product: Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430]
   vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
   physical id: 0
   bus info: pci@0000:0d:00.0
   version: 83
   width: 64 bits
   clock: 33MHz
   capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
   configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
   resources: irq:46 memory:b0000000-bfffffff memory:d5000000-d503ffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:d5040000-d505ffff

My video card is AMD R5 M430, and the laptop is HP 250 G5

Also here is the output of lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|Display|3D'

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company HD Graphics 5500
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915
--
0d:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] (rev 83)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520]
        Kernel driver in use: radeon
        Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu

I had always been a Windows user, But yesterday I downloaded and install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from this page, But I can't find a way to install AMD graphic drivers,

Right now Linux only works in recovery mode, in normal mode it shows a blank purple screen and nothing works, after searching on internet I found there could be something wrong with my graphic drivers, I have tried many things to install AMD graphic drivers on my laptop, But nothing seems to work, I ran this command on my laptop

lspci -nn | grep -E 'VGA|Display'

and the results are

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
01:00.0 Display controller [0380]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] [1002:6660]

So I have a hybrid graphic cards or something, I tried this installation guide, but didn't work (even for the users in comment section),

It was very easy on windows, I would switch back to windows, But just wanted to ask here for last time. is there any solution available for installing AMD graphic drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 ?

Thanks!

Since the upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 (from 17.10) I started experiencing huge performance issues with video playback, both using VLC and the browser (Youtube).

The problem gets more apparent the higher quality the video is (starts at 480p, 1080p is completely unwatchable). The video is choppy to say the least.

I had no such problem using Ubuntu 17.10.

I wonder if there's someone who also had same problem and found a potential cause and perhaps a solution?

cpuinfo:

AMD A6-6310 APU with AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

glxinfo (tidied up):

name of display: :1
display: :1  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0xffffffff)
    Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 6.0, 128 bits) (0xffffffff)
    Version: 18.0.0
    Accelerated: no
    Video memory: 10965MB
    Unified memory: no
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 3.3
    Max compat profile version: 3.0
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.0
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 6.0, 128 bits)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.0.0-rc5
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.00
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
264 GLXFBConfigs:

UPDATE:

It seems that it's a general issue with hardware acceleration / rendering not enabled / recognised / working.

The things I have tried so far:

1. Reboot.

2. Add xorg.conf configuration file with:

   Section "Device"
       Identifier     "Device0"
       Driver         "radeon"
   EndSection
   

3. Reinstall xserver-xorg-video-radeon.

None of these things had any effect unfortunately.

Update #2

Output produced by ubuntu-drivers debug:

=== log messages from detection ===
DEBUG:root:_get_db_name: output
ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Network controller
ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Network controller
ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Broadcom Limited
ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=BCM43142 802.11b/g/n


DEBUG:root:_get_db_name(/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.3/0000:01:00.0, pci:v000014E4d00004365sv000017AAsd00000621bc02sc80i00): vendor "Broadcom Limited", model "BCM43142 802.11b/g/n"
DEBUG:root:Loading custom detection plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/sl-modem.py
DEBUG:root:plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/sl-modem.py return value: None
DEBUG:root:Loading custom detection plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/arm-gles.py
DEBUG:root:plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/arm-gles.py return value: None
DEBUG:root:Loading custom detection plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/open-vm-dkms.py
DEBUG:root:plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/open-vm-dkms.py return value: None
=== modaliases in the system ===
acpi:PNP0103:
pci:v00001022d00001566sv000017AAsd00003801bc06sc00i00
pci:v00001022d00001584sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00
usb:v0BDAp0129d3960dcFFdscFFdpFFicFFisc06ip50in00
platform:rtsx_usb_ms
platform:rtsx_usb_sdmmc
usb:v0438p7900d0018dc09dsc00dp01ic09isc00ip00in00
usb:v1D6Bp0002d0415dc09dsc00dp00ic09isc00ip00in00
pci:v00001022d00001582sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00
pci:v00001002d00009840sv000017AAsd00003801bc04sc03i00
input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw6,8,
hdaudio:v1002AA01r00100500a01
pci:v000010ECd00008168sv000017AAsd00003812bc02sc00i00
pci:v00001022d00001580sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00
pci:v00001022d0000780Dsv000017AAsd00003801bc04sc03i00
hdaudio:v14F1510Fr00100100a01
input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw2,
input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw4,
pci:v00001022d00007801sv000017AAsd00003801bc01sc06i01
pci:v00001022d0000156Bsv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00
pci:v00001022d0000780Bsv000017AAsd00003801bc0Csc05i00
pci:v00001022d00001585sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00
pci:v00001022d00001537sv000017AAsd00003801bc10sc80i00
pci:v00001022d00001583sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00
pci:v00001022d00007813sv000017AAsd00003801bc08sc05i01
usb:v1D6Bp0002d0415dc09dsc00dp01ic09isc00ip00in00
usb:v1D6Bp0003d0415dc09dsc00dp03ic09isc00ip00in00
pci:v00001022d00001581sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00
pci:v00001002d00009851sv000017AAsd00003801bc03sc00i00
pci:v000014E4d00004365sv000017AAsd00000621bc02sc80i00
usb:v5986p0652d3652dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc01ip00in00
input:b0003v5986p0652e3652-e0,1,kD4,ramlsfw
usb:v5986p0652d3652dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc02ip00in01
usb:v105BpE065d0112dcFFdsc01dp01icFFisc01ip01in01
usb:v105BpE065d0112dcFFdsc01dp01icFFiscFFipFFin02
usb:v105BpE065d0112dcFFdsc01dp01icFFisc01ip01in00
usb:v105BpE065d0112dcFFdsc01dp01icFEisc01ip01in03
pci:v00001022d0000780Esv000017AAsd00003801bc06sc01i00
acpi:PNP0800:
acpi:PNP0C04:
acpi:PNP0C09:
acpi:VPC2004:
input:b0019v0000p0000e0000-e0,1,4,k94,95,BA,BE,C0,C1,CA,CB,D4,E3,F0,F7,ram4,lsfw
acpi:PNP0C0A:
acpi:ACPI0003:
platform:regulatory
platform:microcode
acpi:PNP0C0D:
platform:vboxdrv
platform:pcspkr
platform:Fixed MDIO bus
acpi:PNP0C0C:
serio:ty01pr00id00ex00
input:b0011v0002p000Ee0000-e0,1,3,k110,111,145,14A,14D,14E,14F,ra0,1,18,1C,2F,30,35,36,39,3A,mlsfw
input:b0011v0001p0001eAB83-e0,1,4,11,14,k71,72,73,74,75,76,77,79,7A,7B,7C,7D,7E,7F,80,8C,8E,8F,9B,9C,9D,9E,9F,A3,A4,A5,A6,AC,AD,B7,B8,B9,D9,E2,ram4,l0,1,2,sfw
cpu:type:x86,ven0002fam0016mod0030:feature:,0000,0001,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000B,000C,000D,000E,000F,0010,0011,0013,0017,0018,0019,001A,001C,0020,0021,0022,0023,0024,0025,0026,0027,0028,0029,002B,002C,002D,002E,002F,0030,0031,0034,0036,0037,0038,0039,003A,003B,003D,0064,0068,006E,0070,0072,0073,0074,0075,0078,0079,007A,007C,0080,0081,0083,0089,008D,0093,0094,0096,0097,0099,009A,009B,009C,009D,009E,00C0,00C1,00C2,00C3,00C4,00C5,00C6,00C7,00C8,00C9,00CA,00CC,00CD,00D6,00D8,00DA,00DB,00DC,00E2,00E8,00EC,00ED,00F3,010F,0123,0140,01C2,01E0,01E1,01E2,01E3,01E4,01E6,01E7,01EA,01EB,01EC,0220
acpi:LNXSYSTM:
acpi:LNXSYBUS:
acpi:LNXCPU:
input:b0019v0000p0001e0000-e0,1,k74,ramlsfw
acpi:PNP0C0F:
acpi:PNP0A08:PNP0A03:
acpi:LNXVIDEO:
acpi:PNP0100:
acpi:PNP0C01:
acpi:PNP0000:
acpi:PNP0C02:
acpi:ETD0624:ETD0000:PNP0F13:
acpi:MSFT0001:PNP0303:
acpi:PNP0B00:
acpi:PNP0200:
input:b0019v0000p0006e0000-e0,1,kE0,E1,E3,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,ramlsfw
input:b0019v0000p0005e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw0,
dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrA2CN36WW(V2.04):bd04/30/2015:svnLENOVO:pn80E3:pvrLenovoG50-45:rvnLENOVO:rnLancer5B2:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoG50-45:
=== matching driver packages ===
bcmwl-kernel-source: installed: 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu4   available: 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu4 (auto-install)  [distro]  non-free  modalias: pci:v000014E4d00004365sv000017AAsd00000621bc02sc80i00  path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.3/0000:01:00.0  vendor: Broadcom Limited  model: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n

Output produced by sudo lspci -nnk | grep -i vga -A3:

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] [1002:9851]
Subsystem: Lenovo Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] [17aa:3801]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu

Output produced by sudo lshw -c display:

  *-display                 
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics]
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:37 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f07fffff ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0c00000-f0c3ffff memory:c0000-dffff

Last week I replaced my Ryzen 5 1600 with a Ryzen 5 2400G. Since then I'm struggling to get the GPU working.

I've tried 16.04.3 vanilla with HWE-kernel 4.13. It works out-of-the-box, but without hardware acceleration / OpenCL (ROCm) support. I've installed the latest amdgpu-pro driver amdgpu-pro-17.50-511655 from 17-12-2017. My system won't boot with it, it hangs after entering my fulldisk encryption password.

I've also tried with the 4.15.4 and 4.16-rc1 kernel, but the AMD driver doesn't build with that kernels.

For what I've read, ROCm support for Raven Ridge doesn't exist yet.

I must say, I'm a little disappointed with AMD that they release hardware without proper software support. My APU is kinda useless now.

I am planning on doing a fresh install of Ubuntu and want to know what is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Driver?

There are multiple valid answers for this question spanning over several versions of Ubuntu. For your convenience an index of each below:

• 14.04
• 13.04
• 12.10
• 12.04
• 11.10/11.04 etc