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fibrou
Journeyman III
‎02-23-2021 09:38 PM

Drivers for Radeon 5700 on Linux Mint not loading - only boots in compatibility mode

I have a very weird situation...  I have just updated to Linux Mint 20.1, along with Linux Kernel 5.8.0-44. My system no longer boots "normally." The only way I can get access to my files and programs is by selecting "Recovery Mode" in the grub launcher.  

I have tried installing the latest "amdgpu drivers" for Ubuntu, which should work for Linux Mint, but I get a "Bad return status for module build on kernel" error.  What can I provide the Community to help you help me get back to "normal" with my new machine?

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fibrou
Journeyman III
‎02-24-2021 08:29 AM

BTW, I had a notice an update for a mesa driver was available, but when I did the update, I received the following error message:

"

Setting up amdgpu-dkms (1:5.6.20.906316-1188099) ...
Removing old amdgpu-5.6.20.906316-1188099 DKMS files...

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 5.6.20.906316-1188099
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new amdgpu-5.6.20.906316-1188099 DKMS files...
Building for 5.8.0-44-generic
Building for architecture amd64
Building initial module for 5.8.0-44-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-44-generic (amd64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/amdgpu/5.6.20.906316-1188099/build/make.log for more infor
mation.
dpkg: error processing package amdgpu-dkms (--configure):
installed amdgpu-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned erro
r exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of amdgpu:
amdgpu depends on amdgpu-dkms (= 1:5.6.20.906316-1188099); however:
Package amdgpu-dkms is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package amdgpu (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
amdgpu-dkms
amdgpu
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"

What to do?

 

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fibrou
In response to fibrou
Journeyman III
‎02-24-2021 06:15 PM

Dear AMD Community:

A fantastic community member on the Linux Mint Community Forum has been helping diagnose my problem, which is simply that I cannot see my Radeon 5700.  A question has arisen with respect to the 5700:

"Does the RX 5700 XT have a VBIOS where it might be storing information?"

I do not know the answer to this question, but I hope someone in the community might.

Please help if you can.

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