Installing AMDGPU PRO driver for Ubuntu 16.04.3 for VR use - AS4SR/general_info GitHub Wiki
The following has been tested-working under Ubuntu 16.04 with the new hardware stack enabled (4.10 kernels beyond 16.04's 4.4 kernels) via:
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04
- though install the vulcan SDK first! -- ***NOT*** fglrx!
- You are installing the vulcan SDK first! via the vulkan installation instructions (old link) prior to installing AMDGPU-PRO
cd ~/Downloadswget https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-17.40-492261.tar.xz-
firefox https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home &- In firefox, download "1.0.61.0", listed as release date of 13-Sep-2017: vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.0.61.0.run (20MB)
- Generally, need to do this before installing anything driver (make sure have latest system kernel):
sudo apt updatesudo apt dist-upgradesudo reboot
- Install the vulkan sdk first:
sudo apt-get install graphvizsudo apt-get install libglm-dev graphviz libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-present0 libpciaccess0 cmake libpng-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libx11-dev libmirclient-dev libwayland-dev libxrandr-devsudo apt-get install git libpython2.7cd ~ && mkdir vulkan && cd vulkan
- For the 1.0.61.0 version, run:
cp ~/Downloads/vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.0.61.0.run ./chmod ugo+x vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.0.61.0.run./vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.0.61.0.rungedit ~/.bashrc- and then add the following lines to the bottom of the file, and save the file
export VULKAN_SDK=~/vulkan/VulkanSDK/1.0.61.0/x86_64export PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/bin:$PATHexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATHexport VK_LAYER_PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/etc/explicit_layer.d
- Close the terminal
- Reopen a new terminal, so that the vulkan environment variables will be set up
- Add yourself to the video group, so that you can use the vulkan driver, as well:
sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME
- Now, to install the AMDGPU-PRO driver, first try:
dpkg -l amdgpu-pro
- and if packages are found, uninstall the old packages before reinstalling the new ones (if you need to reinstall):
amdgpu-pro-uninstall
- Install the AMDGPU-PRO driver:
- For version 17.40, run:
cd ~/Downloadstar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.40-492261.tar.xzcd amdgpu-pro-17.40-492261.tar.xz./amdgpu-pro-install –ysudo reboot
- For version 17.40, run:
- After rebooting, the new driver should now be active!
- Note that if you run into problems with the display / at GUI login, it's probably because he kernel got updated and the AMDGPU-PRO driver needed to be updated, as well. You will need to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a terminal, log in there, uninstall the AMDGPU-PRO driver (remove it from the kernel) for the moment, and then reboot first, so that you can log in and get the new combination of updated driver(s) via Firefox or similar
amdgpu-pro-uninstallsudo reboot
- You are using this site to obtain the correct driver for your video card, specifically this link for "Desktop Graphics"+"Radeon RX Series"+"Radeon RX4xx Series"+"Ubuntu x86_64" and this link for Linux installation
cd ~/Downloadswget https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-17.50-511655.tar.xz-
firefox https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home &- In firefox, download "1.0.65.0", listed as release date of 02-Nov-2017: vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.0.65.0.run (24MB)
- Generally, need to do this before installing anything driver (make sure have latest system kernel):
sudo apt updatesudo apt dist-upgradesudo reboot
- Install the vulkan sdk first:
sudo apt-get install graphvizsudo apt-get install libglm-dev graphviz libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-present0 libpciaccess0 cmake libpng-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libx11-dev libmirclient-dev libwayland-dev libxrandr-devsudo apt-get install git libpython2.7cd ~ && mkdir vulkan && cd vulkan
- For the 1.0.65.0 version, run:
cp ~/Downloads/vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.0.65.0.run ./chmod ugo+x vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.0.65.0.run./vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.0.65.0.rungedit ~/.bashrc- and then add the following lines to the bottom of the file, and save the file
export VULKAN_SDK=~/vulkan/VulkanSDK/1.0.65.0/x86_64export PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/bin:$PATHexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATHexport VK_LAYER_PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/etc/explicit_layer.d
- Close the terminal
- Reopen a new terminal, so that the vulkan environment variables will be set up
- Add yourself to the video group, so that you can use the vulkan driver, as well:
sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME
- Now, to install the AMDGPU-PRO driver, first try:
dpkg -l amdgpu-pro
- and if packages are found, uninstall the old packages before reinstalling the new ones (if you need to reinstall):
amdgpu-pro-uninstall
- Install the AMDGPU-PRO driver:
- For version 17.50, run:
cd ~/Downloadstar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.50-511655.tar.xzcd amdgpu-pro-17.50-511655.tar.xz./amdgpu-pro-install -y --opencl=legacy # for pre-Vega 10 video cards, such as the RX480sudo reboot
- For version 17.50, run:
- After rebooting, the new driver should now be active!
- Similar to above, except you want:
cd ~/Downloadswget https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-18.10-572953.tar.xz-
firefox https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home &- In firefox, download "1.1.70.0", listed as release date of 05-Mar-2018: vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-1.1.70.0.run (22MB)
- Note that if you run into problems with the display / at GUI login, it's probably because the kernel got updated and the AMDGPU-PRO driver needed to be updated, as well. You will need to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a terminal, log in there, uninstall the AMDGPU-PRO driver (remove it from the kernel) for the moment, and then reboot first, so that you can log in and get the new combination of updated driver(s) via Firefox or similar
amdgpu-pro-uninstallsudo reboot