How to install AMD graphic drivers on Ubuntu 18.04
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!
drivers system-installation graphics radeon amd-graphics
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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!
drivers system-installation graphics radeon amd-graphics
1
When you tried thesudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
thensudo apt update
did you get any errors? Usually after thesudo apt update
it will automatically install the drivers. It worked fine for me in 18.04. Have you also tried disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS before installing these drivers?
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:51
thanks for your comment, Yes, secure boot was already disabled, i just ran those two commands you mentioned, And both was successful, what i supposed to do now? @Terrance
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 4:56
You should just reboot. Then you can check your version by runninglshw -c video
You should be able to seedriver=
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:58
@Terrance ok, i rebooted the laptop, and ran that command i got this output*-display UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] ....
It seems like i have installed the amd drivers, But in Software & Updates->Additional Drivers it says , "No additional drivers available" and i have still the problem with normal boot (blank freezed purple screen), actually installing amd doesn't seem to change anything, anyway, thanks for your help :)
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:12
Please use the normal Ubuntu method askubuntu.com/questions/1065852/…
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
add a comment |
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!
drivers system-installation graphics radeon amd-graphics
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!
drivers system-installation graphics radeon amd-graphics
drivers system-installation graphics radeon amd-graphics
edited Aug 17 '18 at 5:25
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asked Aug 17 '18 at 4:41
nikhil123
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When you tried thesudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
thensudo apt update
did you get any errors? Usually after thesudo apt update
it will automatically install the drivers. It worked fine for me in 18.04. Have you also tried disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS before installing these drivers?
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:51
thanks for your comment, Yes, secure boot was already disabled, i just ran those two commands you mentioned, And both was successful, what i supposed to do now? @Terrance
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 4:56
You should just reboot. Then you can check your version by runninglshw -c video
You should be able to seedriver=
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:58
@Terrance ok, i rebooted the laptop, and ran that command i got this output*-display UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] ....
It seems like i have installed the amd drivers, But in Software & Updates->Additional Drivers it says , "No additional drivers available" and i have still the problem with normal boot (blank freezed purple screen), actually installing amd doesn't seem to change anything, anyway, thanks for your help :)
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:12
Please use the normal Ubuntu method askubuntu.com/questions/1065852/…
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
add a comment |
1
When you tried thesudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
thensudo apt update
did you get any errors? Usually after thesudo apt update
it will automatically install the drivers. It worked fine for me in 18.04. Have you also tried disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS before installing these drivers?
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:51
thanks for your comment, Yes, secure boot was already disabled, i just ran those two commands you mentioned, And both was successful, what i supposed to do now? @Terrance
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 4:56
You should just reboot. Then you can check your version by runninglshw -c video
You should be able to seedriver=
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:58
@Terrance ok, i rebooted the laptop, and ran that command i got this output*-display UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] ....
It seems like i have installed the amd drivers, But in Software & Updates->Additional Drivers it says , "No additional drivers available" and i have still the problem with normal boot (blank freezed purple screen), actually installing amd doesn't seem to change anything, anyway, thanks for your help :)
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:12
Please use the normal Ubuntu method askubuntu.com/questions/1065852/…
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
1
1
When you tried the
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
then sudo apt update
did you get any errors? Usually after the sudo apt update
it will automatically install the drivers. It worked fine for me in 18.04. Have you also tried disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS before installing these drivers?– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:51
When you tried the
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
then sudo apt update
did you get any errors? Usually after the sudo apt update
it will automatically install the drivers. It worked fine for me in 18.04. Have you also tried disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS before installing these drivers?– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:51
thanks for your comment, Yes, secure boot was already disabled, i just ran those two commands you mentioned, And both was successful, what i supposed to do now? @Terrance
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 4:56
thanks for your comment, Yes, secure boot was already disabled, i just ran those two commands you mentioned, And both was successful, what i supposed to do now? @Terrance
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 4:56
You should just reboot. Then you can check your version by running
lshw -c video
You should be able to see driver=
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:58
You should just reboot. Then you can check your version by running
lshw -c video
You should be able to see driver=
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:58
@Terrance ok, i rebooted the laptop, and ran that command i got this output
*-display UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] ....
It seems like i have installed the amd drivers, But in Software & Updates->Additional Drivers it says , "No additional drivers available" and i have still the problem with normal boot (blank freezed purple screen), actually installing amd doesn't seem to change anything, anyway, thanks for your help :)– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:12
@Terrance ok, i rebooted the laptop, and ran that command i got this output
*-display UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] ....
It seems like i have installed the amd drivers, But in Software & Updates->Additional Drivers it says , "No additional drivers available" and i have still the problem with normal boot (blank freezed purple screen), actually installing amd doesn't seem to change anything, anyway, thanks for your help :)– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:12
Please use the normal Ubuntu method askubuntu.com/questions/1065852/…
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
Please use the normal Ubuntu method askubuntu.com/questions/1065852/…
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
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You should be able to use the open source drivers that come with your system. You may just need to use the common nomodeset fix:
How do I set 'nomodeset' after I've already installed Ubuntu?
Using the built in driver is usually sufficient for radeon cards.
If you have done other mucking around, or added the PPA for the NVIDIA drivers (sorry about that) you can clean up with the following:
sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa &&
sudo apt update &&
sudo apt upgrade &&
sudo apt autoremove &&
sudo apt autoclean
Now, add the AMD updates PPA and update:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt upgrade
Then reconfigure your packages to be safe:
sudo apt install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 ubuntu-session xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
Finally, you can enable accelerated video:
sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
Then to test the VDPAU driver with mpv use:
mpv --hwdec=vdpau yourvideofile
Now reboot the computer and make sure it still works. It does? Good! Now reboot once again and see if you can remove the nomodeset boot option. If it will work without it, this might improve performance.
Finally, once you are logged into the GUI, go to Settings > Devices > Displays and make sure the resolution is properly set.
If performance is still not up to standards after all of the above, you can manually install the closed source driver as a last resort.
If you decide you would still like to use the proprietary driver, you will need to download and install it. According to the output you posted, you need to download this driver:
AMD Radeon™ HD 8670M Series GPU Drivers & Support
Click on the "Linux x86_64" box and download the zip file.
You can follow this guide or post any additional updates to your question and I will improve the answer accordingly.
I have updated the answer to apply to AMD... thanks.
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:23
hi, thanks for your answer, i tried those two commands with sudo, and it actually installed some drivers with proper progress bar. but still i can't boot in normal mode and in recovery mode my screen visuals are become worst, when i scroll down or up in firefox, half of page scrolls and other half doesn't , anyway, i am switching back to windows, it seem like my laptop is not compatible for linux
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
Far too dangerous. Please use the PPA dedicated to this.
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:33
linux is the most compatible operating system... unfortunately the first answer I posted only applied to nvidia.. my mistake. please see my updated answer to install drivers for amd. you should be able to use the stock drivers. you might just need to add n
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:36
@JoshuaBesneatte hi, thanks :), thatnomodeset
fix worked for me, with that fix normal boot works, but now the graphics visuals are too bad, i think that is because of those two commands i ran, is there any way to revert that
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:54
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You should be able to use the open source drivers that come with your system. You may just need to use the common nomodeset fix:
How do I set 'nomodeset' after I've already installed Ubuntu?
Using the built in driver is usually sufficient for radeon cards.
If you have done other mucking around, or added the PPA for the NVIDIA drivers (sorry about that) you can clean up with the following:
sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa &&
sudo apt update &&
sudo apt upgrade &&
sudo apt autoremove &&
sudo apt autoclean
Now, add the AMD updates PPA and update:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt upgrade
Then reconfigure your packages to be safe:
sudo apt install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 ubuntu-session xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
Finally, you can enable accelerated video:
sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
Then to test the VDPAU driver with mpv use:
mpv --hwdec=vdpau yourvideofile
Now reboot the computer and make sure it still works. It does? Good! Now reboot once again and see if you can remove the nomodeset boot option. If it will work without it, this might improve performance.
Finally, once you are logged into the GUI, go to Settings > Devices > Displays and make sure the resolution is properly set.
If performance is still not up to standards after all of the above, you can manually install the closed source driver as a last resort.
If you decide you would still like to use the proprietary driver, you will need to download and install it. According to the output you posted, you need to download this driver:
AMD Radeon™ HD 8670M Series GPU Drivers & Support
Click on the "Linux x86_64" box and download the zip file.
You can follow this guide or post any additional updates to your question and I will improve the answer accordingly.
I have updated the answer to apply to AMD... thanks.
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:23
hi, thanks for your answer, i tried those two commands with sudo, and it actually installed some drivers with proper progress bar. but still i can't boot in normal mode and in recovery mode my screen visuals are become worst, when i scroll down or up in firefox, half of page scrolls and other half doesn't , anyway, i am switching back to windows, it seem like my laptop is not compatible for linux
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
Far too dangerous. Please use the PPA dedicated to this.
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:33
linux is the most compatible operating system... unfortunately the first answer I posted only applied to nvidia.. my mistake. please see my updated answer to install drivers for amd. you should be able to use the stock drivers. you might just need to add n
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:36
@JoshuaBesneatte hi, thanks :), thatnomodeset
fix worked for me, with that fix normal boot works, but now the graphics visuals are too bad, i think that is because of those two commands i ran, is there any way to revert that
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:54
|
show 8 more comments
You should be able to use the open source drivers that come with your system. You may just need to use the common nomodeset fix:
How do I set 'nomodeset' after I've already installed Ubuntu?
Using the built in driver is usually sufficient for radeon cards.
If you have done other mucking around, or added the PPA for the NVIDIA drivers (sorry about that) you can clean up with the following:
sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa &&
sudo apt update &&
sudo apt upgrade &&
sudo apt autoremove &&
sudo apt autoclean
Now, add the AMD updates PPA and update:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt upgrade
Then reconfigure your packages to be safe:
sudo apt install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 ubuntu-session xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
Finally, you can enable accelerated video:
sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
Then to test the VDPAU driver with mpv use:
mpv --hwdec=vdpau yourvideofile
Now reboot the computer and make sure it still works. It does? Good! Now reboot once again and see if you can remove the nomodeset boot option. If it will work without it, this might improve performance.
Finally, once you are logged into the GUI, go to Settings > Devices > Displays and make sure the resolution is properly set.
If performance is still not up to standards after all of the above, you can manually install the closed source driver as a last resort.
If you decide you would still like to use the proprietary driver, you will need to download and install it. According to the output you posted, you need to download this driver:
AMD Radeon™ HD 8670M Series GPU Drivers & Support
Click on the "Linux x86_64" box and download the zip file.
You can follow this guide or post any additional updates to your question and I will improve the answer accordingly.
I have updated the answer to apply to AMD... thanks.
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:23
hi, thanks for your answer, i tried those two commands with sudo, and it actually installed some drivers with proper progress bar. but still i can't boot in normal mode and in recovery mode my screen visuals are become worst, when i scroll down or up in firefox, half of page scrolls and other half doesn't , anyway, i am switching back to windows, it seem like my laptop is not compatible for linux
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
Far too dangerous. Please use the PPA dedicated to this.
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:33
linux is the most compatible operating system... unfortunately the first answer I posted only applied to nvidia.. my mistake. please see my updated answer to install drivers for amd. you should be able to use the stock drivers. you might just need to add n
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:36
@JoshuaBesneatte hi, thanks :), thatnomodeset
fix worked for me, with that fix normal boot works, but now the graphics visuals are too bad, i think that is because of those two commands i ran, is there any way to revert that
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:54
|
show 8 more comments
You should be able to use the open source drivers that come with your system. You may just need to use the common nomodeset fix:
How do I set 'nomodeset' after I've already installed Ubuntu?
Using the built in driver is usually sufficient for radeon cards.
If you have done other mucking around, or added the PPA for the NVIDIA drivers (sorry about that) you can clean up with the following:
sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa &&
sudo apt update &&
sudo apt upgrade &&
sudo apt autoremove &&
sudo apt autoclean
Now, add the AMD updates PPA and update:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt upgrade
Then reconfigure your packages to be safe:
sudo apt install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 ubuntu-session xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
Finally, you can enable accelerated video:
sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
Then to test the VDPAU driver with mpv use:
mpv --hwdec=vdpau yourvideofile
Now reboot the computer and make sure it still works. It does? Good! Now reboot once again and see if you can remove the nomodeset boot option. If it will work without it, this might improve performance.
Finally, once you are logged into the GUI, go to Settings > Devices > Displays and make sure the resolution is properly set.
If performance is still not up to standards after all of the above, you can manually install the closed source driver as a last resort.
If you decide you would still like to use the proprietary driver, you will need to download and install it. According to the output you posted, you need to download this driver:
AMD Radeon™ HD 8670M Series GPU Drivers & Support
Click on the "Linux x86_64" box and download the zip file.
You can follow this guide or post any additional updates to your question and I will improve the answer accordingly.
You should be able to use the open source drivers that come with your system. You may just need to use the common nomodeset fix:
How do I set 'nomodeset' after I've already installed Ubuntu?
Using the built in driver is usually sufficient for radeon cards.
If you have done other mucking around, or added the PPA for the NVIDIA drivers (sorry about that) you can clean up with the following:
sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa &&
sudo apt update &&
sudo apt upgrade &&
sudo apt autoremove &&
sudo apt autoclean
Now, add the AMD updates PPA and update:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt upgrade
Then reconfigure your packages to be safe:
sudo apt install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 ubuntu-session xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
Finally, you can enable accelerated video:
sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
Then to test the VDPAU driver with mpv use:
mpv --hwdec=vdpau yourvideofile
Now reboot the computer and make sure it still works. It does? Good! Now reboot once again and see if you can remove the nomodeset boot option. If it will work without it, this might improve performance.
Finally, once you are logged into the GUI, go to Settings > Devices > Displays and make sure the resolution is properly set.
If performance is still not up to standards after all of the above, you can manually install the closed source driver as a last resort.
If you decide you would still like to use the proprietary driver, you will need to download and install it. According to the output you posted, you need to download this driver:
AMD Radeon™ HD 8670M Series GPU Drivers & Support
Click on the "Linux x86_64" box and download the zip file.
You can follow this guide or post any additional updates to your question and I will improve the answer accordingly.
edited Dec 22 '18 at 8:18
Zanna
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answered Aug 17 '18 at 4:55
Joshua Besneatte
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2,05711024
I have updated the answer to apply to AMD... thanks.
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:23
hi, thanks for your answer, i tried those two commands with sudo, and it actually installed some drivers with proper progress bar. but still i can't boot in normal mode and in recovery mode my screen visuals are become worst, when i scroll down or up in firefox, half of page scrolls and other half doesn't , anyway, i am switching back to windows, it seem like my laptop is not compatible for linux
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
Far too dangerous. Please use the PPA dedicated to this.
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:33
linux is the most compatible operating system... unfortunately the first answer I posted only applied to nvidia.. my mistake. please see my updated answer to install drivers for amd. you should be able to use the stock drivers. you might just need to add n
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:36
@JoshuaBesneatte hi, thanks :), thatnomodeset
fix worked for me, with that fix normal boot works, but now the graphics visuals are too bad, i think that is because of those two commands i ran, is there any way to revert that
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:54
|
show 8 more comments
I have updated the answer to apply to AMD... thanks.
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:23
hi, thanks for your answer, i tried those two commands with sudo, and it actually installed some drivers with proper progress bar. but still i can't boot in normal mode and in recovery mode my screen visuals are become worst, when i scroll down or up in firefox, half of page scrolls and other half doesn't , anyway, i am switching back to windows, it seem like my laptop is not compatible for linux
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
Far too dangerous. Please use the PPA dedicated to this.
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:33
linux is the most compatible operating system... unfortunately the first answer I posted only applied to nvidia.. my mistake. please see my updated answer to install drivers for amd. you should be able to use the stock drivers. you might just need to add n
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:36
@JoshuaBesneatte hi, thanks :), thatnomodeset
fix worked for me, with that fix normal boot works, but now the graphics visuals are too bad, i think that is because of those two commands i ran, is there any way to revert that
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:54
I have updated the answer to apply to AMD... thanks.
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:23
I have updated the answer to apply to AMD... thanks.
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:23
hi, thanks for your answer, i tried those two commands with sudo, and it actually installed some drivers with proper progress bar. but still i can't boot in normal mode and in recovery mode my screen visuals are become worst, when i scroll down or up in firefox, half of page scrolls and other half doesn't , anyway, i am switching back to windows, it seem like my laptop is not compatible for linux
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
hi, thanks for your answer, i tried those two commands with sudo, and it actually installed some drivers with proper progress bar. but still i can't boot in normal mode and in recovery mode my screen visuals are become worst, when i scroll down or up in firefox, half of page scrolls and other half doesn't , anyway, i am switching back to windows, it seem like my laptop is not compatible for linux
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32
Far too dangerous. Please use the PPA dedicated to this.
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:33
Far too dangerous. Please use the PPA dedicated to this.
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:33
linux is the most compatible operating system... unfortunately the first answer I posted only applied to nvidia.. my mistake. please see my updated answer to install drivers for amd. you should be able to use the stock drivers. you might just need to add n
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:36
linux is the most compatible operating system... unfortunately the first answer I posted only applied to nvidia.. my mistake. please see my updated answer to install drivers for amd. you should be able to use the stock drivers. you might just need to add n
– Joshua Besneatte
Aug 17 '18 at 5:36
@JoshuaBesneatte hi, thanks :), that
nomodeset
fix worked for me, with that fix normal boot works, but now the graphics visuals are too bad, i think that is because of those two commands i ran, is there any way to revert that– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:54
@JoshuaBesneatte hi, thanks :), that
nomodeset
fix worked for me, with that fix normal boot works, but now the graphics visuals are too bad, i think that is because of those two commands i ran, is there any way to revert that– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:54
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When you tried the
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
thensudo apt update
did you get any errors? Usually after thesudo apt update
it will automatically install the drivers. It worked fine for me in 18.04. Have you also tried disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS before installing these drivers?– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:51
thanks for your comment, Yes, secure boot was already disabled, i just ran those two commands you mentioned, And both was successful, what i supposed to do now? @Terrance
– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 4:56
You should just reboot. Then you can check your version by running
lshw -c video
You should be able to seedriver=
– Terrance
Aug 17 '18 at 4:58
@Terrance ok, i rebooted the laptop, and ran that command i got this output
*-display UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7 M520] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] ....
It seems like i have installed the amd drivers, But in Software & Updates->Additional Drivers it says , "No additional drivers available" and i have still the problem with normal boot (blank freezed purple screen), actually installing amd doesn't seem to change anything, anyway, thanks for your help :)– nikhil123
Aug 17 '18 at 5:12
Please use the normal Ubuntu method askubuntu.com/questions/1065852/…
– Rinzwind
Aug 17 '18 at 5:32