AMD GPU drivers dont seem to load

[jaunty rapids]

Already made a post on the forum (https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=435889) but i kinda want to use my new PC, and not wait hours for someone to respond.

[earnest charm]

first, check if the driver is loaded. lsmod | grep -E amdgpu

[jaunty rapids]

seems like it

[earnest charm]

well then it means that amdgpu is loaded and working. any particular reason you think it's not working?

you can type inxi -Gxxx in the terminal also and it'll tell you everything about your card

[jaunty rapids]

my display port isnt working, i cant edit any screen settings, cinnamon is compaining about something, in neofetch it just says GPU: AMD ATI 03:00.0 Device 747e GPU: AMD ATI 12:00.0 Device 13c0 instead of my GPU name and nvtop says there is no GPU to monitor

[jaunty rapids]

Graphics:
Device-1: AMD vendor: XFX driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, Writeback-1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:747e class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-2 bus-ID: 12:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:13c0 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Sunplus Innovation FHD Camera Microphone type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 7-1.4.4.4:8 chip-ID: 1bcf:28c4
class-ID: 0102 serial: 01.00.00
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: Acer GN276HL
serial: T6BEE0018501 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82
size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 686mm (27") modes: max: 1920x1080
min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: GFX1101 (gfx1101 LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.57 6.8.0-49-generic)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.3 direct render: Yes

[jaunty rapids]

so theres gotta be something wrong

[knotty arrow]

hm it is loaded

[fervent saffron]

We had somebody else in here with similar issues on a 9800X3D. My guess is that you need the absolutely newest kernels to support these properly, and there is no simple way to get those on Mint. You want something like Nobara or Endeavour.
I suspect it has trouble separating the iGPU from the dGPU, since both are AMD.

[jaunty rapids]

im on 6.8, what is Nobara/Endeavour

[fervent saffron]

I am on Endeavour right now, 6.12.1.

[serene matrix]

Endeavour is an Arch based distribution. Nobara is like Fedora.

[jaunty rapids]

ah, but i dont rlly want to switch to a whole new distro just to use my gpu

[earnest charm]

you can try a newer Ubuntu kernel here: https://github.com/bkw777/mainline
though do keep in mind you NEED to have secureboot disabled because the kernels are unsigned

[jaunty rapids]

imma try that

[jaunty rapids]

what version should i install?

[earnest charm]

newest stable available

just make sure it is not a -rc release

[jaunty rapids]

i mean like kernel version

[earnest charm]

bruh, I don't follow exactly which one is newest

but I guess 6.12 if available

[jaunty rapids]

alr

[earnest charm]

can do 6.11.x if 12 not available

[fervent saffron]

Other than tinkering with that new kernel, your only other option is wait until Ubuntu comes around to ship a kernel that supports your brand new hardware.

[jaunty rapids]

imma try 6.12 and see if it works

are those gonna be an issue?

[fervent saffron]

Yes. It means you are lacking modules for that kernel.

[jaunty rapids]

how to i fix that?

[fervent saffron]

I have no idea. If you venture outside the provisions of your distro, you either learn or fail.

[earnest charm]

that's no good. I don't know why it does that. I think a simple solution is to try endaveour (arch) or fedora in a live boot (from a usb stick) and see if the issue persists

[jaunty rapids]

seems like these are missing

[earnest charm]

you can download them from their websites (try cinnamon or kde spin if fedora, unless you want to try GNOME desktop) and put them on a Ventoy disk
https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619/1295816480256163892 (or flash via disks app)

[fervent saffron]

It does not do that because the repositories do not have that. Probably needs to enable the alpha/beta/unstable/whatever repository for this.

[jaunty rapids]

Can’t rlly test my other display but in the settings it seems to recognize my GPU

[jaunty rapids]

It uses the 6.11.4 kernel so if I could get that to run on mint I could use my gpu, maybe installing the missing dependencies would allow me to install the kernel fully

One thing I could also think of is upgradeing mint to mint 24

[earnest charm]

what kernel are running currently?

I thought you were on the newest 24.04 already

if still using 22.04 (or mint 21.3) then you want to install 6.8 from kernel manager at the very least

[jaunty rapids]

Im still on 21.3 and I am on 6.8

Imma try to upgrade to 24

[earnest charm]

good

[jaunty rapids]

well i need to fix this before i can do that

[earnest charm]

you can just disable or remove the repository via software sources panel

then add again after the upgrade

[jaunty rapids]

alr

[earnest charm]

or use flatpak/snap ungoogled-chromium and don't bother with repos

[jaunty rapids]

how can i list installed flatpaks?

cause i think i have it installed as one

so maybe i can remove that repo as a whole

[jaunty rapids]

oh yea, i can remove the repo, have it installed as a flatpak

how do i get rid of that repo, as i cant find anything related to it other than the auth keys

[fervent saffron]

Software Sources

[jaunty rapids]

well fixed that error, but still not quite there

[fervent saffron]

You are on an outdated Mint version, making this even harder.

[jaunty rapids]

well if i remove that file, it gives me more errors

[fervent saffron]

What you are trying to do is linking repositories together across major OS versions. I think this can be fixed somehow, but you need to know what you are doing, and it is still lots of work. The real solution is using a distro that supports your hardware.

The GPU would be supported on Mint, but I think the Zen 5 CPU is the issue. Too new.

[jaunty rapids]

the cpu seems to work fine even rn

[fervent saffron]

Yes, but its iGPU is masking your dGPU, since the driver does not understand the iGPU.

[jaunty rapids]

hm, well i dont rlly want to reinstall/reconfigure everything, but i got further in the upgrade

[jaunty rapids]

eh, imma install mint 24 via usb tmrw, any advice on how i can backup and restore my data easily?

[fervent saffron]

There is a backup tool.
There is no Mint 24, only Mint 22, based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This will not fix your issue. You need a 6.11 or 6.12 kernel, which you cannot get without major changes on Mint right now. The easiest way to get this is with Nobara or EndeavourOS.
Your hardware is simply too new to run with most distros.

[serene matrix]

That last line is the best compliment I have ever heard.