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Jim1348
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Tom M wrote: It now looks

Tom M wrote:

It now looks like there is a broken dependency across "all" (tested installs for Rx 580 and R5700, all versions of Linux 20 for R5700) AMD gpu driver installs for both Linux 20 and 18.

Not to mention the obvious, but there are different drivers for Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04.

https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-500-series/radeon-rx-500-series/radeon-rx-580

The procedure is the same.  I have done both OK for my RX 570, but it was a bit harder for Ubuntu 20.04.  That was because I got a "broken packages" error, and the only way to fix it was to boot into grub, select "Advanced options", and then "fix broken packages".   It downloads what it needs, and eventually worked.

 

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Good news/bad news as posted

Good news/bad news as posted on amd.com forums was multiple people having the exact same error messages I was getting. One proposed fix was installing an older version of the kernal (with directions). I have one of the R5700's I expect to install on the 3950x box in so I will start with the "fix broken packages" route on Saturday when I re-install ubuntu 20 again.

I will recompile the kernal if I have to but I would rather not.

Tom M

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Ian&Steve C.
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from the link you posted

from the link you posted elsewhere, you don't need to recompile the kernel, just install the older one -54.

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Tom M
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Ian&Steve C. wrote: from the

Ian&Steve C. wrote:

from the link you posted elsewhere, you don't need to recompile the kernel, just install the older one -54.

 

https://community.amd.com/t5/drivers-software/can-t-install-amdgpu-drivers-on-ubuntu-20-04-1-5-4-0-56-generic/td-p/426676/page/2

 

"...sudo apt install linux-image-5.4.0-54-generic linux-headers-5.4.0-54-generic linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-54-generic

then reboot to 5.4.0-54

then

sudo apt remove linux-image-5.4.0-56-generic linux-image-unsigned-5.4.0-56-generic

(unsigned mentioned here because it tryed to install it for me by some reason.. it just helped)

then do

sudo apt autoremove

then go to /usr/src and remove linux-headers-5.4.0-56-generic and inux-headers-5.4.0-56 (if any of them are there)

now you can do

sudo ./amdgpu-install -y..."

I am trying to figure out how to boot into another kernel.  There is already a 5.4.0-42-generic kernel in there and it appears to install the gpu driver ok.

But I can't find the right reference to change grub that appears to work.  And/or I can't figure out the "then reboot to 5.4.0-54" direction.

So I am stumped so far.

Tom M

 

 

 

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Keith Myers
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You just hold the Shift key

You just hold the Shift key while you are booting to get into the grub menu.  Take note of the position of the 5.4.0-42-generic kernel in the list.  If it is the 3rd entry in the list, then that is the one you want to boot to.

Then edit the grub file in /etc/default and change which entry you want to boot.

sudo nano grub and change the entry from:

GRUB_DEFAULT= 0

to 

GRUB_DEFAULT="2"

because the first entry is 0 and the entries are numbered 0, 1, 2, etc.

and save the file.  Then sudo update-grub. And you should boot automatically into your preferred 5.4.0-42-generic kernel.

 

Tom M
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I was having additional

I was having additional trouble with Linux not being willing to open file folders after a couple of boots past the install.  So I threw in the towel.  My AMD 3950x with 2 Rx 5700's has re-started it's climb up the RAC score ladder from scratch under Windows 10 using a July version of the AMD Windows GPU drivers (Thank you archae86).

Since finances could become problematic this spring I wanted the "last machine I would have to shut down" to be "TheMonolith" (the 3950x lives in a server-sized Tower).

My (currently) 3 Rx 5700 Windows 10 box (aka: Moonshot) has made it to 11th place.  If I can get the next (apparently broken so cheaper) Rx 5700 working I will return to 4 GPUs and aspire to something like 8th place?  It's amazing how fast an Amd 2400g cpu can crunch.

;)

Tom M

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Tom M
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Just got a The computer

Just got a

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck was: 0x00000116 (0xffffa203d55e1040, 0xfffff80621ddd2a0, 0xffffffffc0000001, 0x0000000000000003). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: d91842ba-b8ae-4f67-9766-984d0e246eef.

Under Windows 10 driver July9 for Rx 5700.  According to a website google found this is the dreaded TDR crash/restart.

I have grabbed/installed the oldest driver listed mar5 to see if the problem goes away or not.

The tasks seem to be crashing with computation errors and maybe even some invalids.

Hope for better days... :)

Tom M

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AMD has re-released the Linux

AMD has re-released the Linux driver 20.45 with a fix for the Ubuntu problem.

cecht
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p3d-cluster wrote: AMD has

p3d-cluster wrote:

AMD has re-released the Linux driver 20.45 with a fix for the Ubuntu problem.

Thanks for the heads up.  I was having problems upgrading to the newest version until I ran this:

~/amdgpu-pro-20.45-1188099-ubuntu-20.04$ sudo ./amdgpu-install --opencl=legacy,pal --headless --no-dkms

(based on comment by rgo at https://gist.github.com/kytulendu/3351b5d0b4f947e19df36b1ea3c95cbe)

Without the --no-dkms option, the installer was giving me this error message,
"The amdgpu driver is already installed or was not uninstalled correctly.", even after a full uninstall.

Ideas are not fixed, nor should they be; we live in model-dependent reality.

Tom M
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cecht wrote: p3d-cluster

cecht wrote:

p3d-cluster wrote:

AMD has re-released the Linux driver 20.45 with a fix for the Ubuntu problem.

Thanks for the heads up.  I was having problems upgrading to the newest version until I ran this:

~/amdgpu-pro-20.45-1188099-ubuntu-20.04$ sudo ./amdgpu-install --opencl=legacy,pal --headless --no-dkms

(based on a comment by rgo at https://gist.github.com/kytulendu/3351b5d0b4f947e19df36b1ea3c95cbe)

Without the --no-dkms option, the installer was giving me this error message,
"The amdgpu driver is already installed or was not uninstalled correctly.", even after a full uninstall.

That is great news.  It almost temps me to revert to Linux....  ;)

I have just ended up running a bios upgrade on my motherboard and doing a uninstall/install cycle using the Windows gpu detector program from AMD.  I am recovering from a video card crash that generated a lot of computation crashed type errors (on 3950x box).

But, so far, everything is running cleanly with the recommended Windows 10 Radeon drivers on the 3950x box (2 R5700's).  

Going to experiment with some dead/cranky/new motherboards this weekend and then decide what to swap into my 2700 w/3 R5700's.  The current MB is my oldest living example and it has lost its audio hardware... so it's time for a replacement of some type.

Tom M

 

 

 

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