Step-by-step – AMDGPU Pro Ubuntu 18.04 Installation

November 28, 2018 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing

  1. 2. Enabling Repository

    Enable AMDGPU Repo for Ubuntu GNU/Linux

    Add AMDGPU Repo for Ubuntu
  2. 3. Installing AMDGPU-Pro Driver

    Now to Install AMDGPU-Pro for Ubuntu
    First, to check the multiple available options you should issue:

    amdgpu-install -h

    You can Setup the Pro Version with the pro Flag for the Vulkan implementation.
    So for instance to achieve a Multi Implementations setup the Command is like:

    amdgpu-install --usecase=graphics,opencl --opencl=rocr --vulkan=amdvlk,pro

    Agree to the License to achieve the Setup:

    License Agreement
  3. 4. Configuring for Use

    Now to Configure AMDGPU-PRO Driver for Use
    First, Add the Username to the “video” Group with:

    sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME

    Follow Editing the Grub Config File with GEdit (Or other Editors):

    sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

    Locate and Replace GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash” with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash amdgpu.vm_fragment_size=9″.
    Then Save & Exit.
    Next to Rebuild the Grub Setup run:

    sudo update-grub

    Finally, after the Setup is successfully achieved Reboot with:

    sudo reboot
  4. 5. Testing AMDGPU-PRO

    So to Check which is the Graphics Driver in Use
    Issue:

    lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'

    And “amdgpu should be seen in the Output:

    Testing

    Last, in any case after you should Remove the AMD Open Source Driver:

    sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu

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