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Pop! OS 20.04, IdeaPad Flex 5 (2020), AMD Ryzen 5 45000U, Radeon Vega 6 graphics.
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sudo lshw -c video
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Renoir
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: c3
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: iomemory:40-3f iomemory:40-3f memory:460000000-46fffffff memory:470000000-4701fffff ioport:1000(size=256) memory:fc500000-fc57ffff
drpeppercan@pop-os:~$ dmesg | grep -i amdgpu
[ 0.827155] [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.
drpeppercan@pop-os:~$ glxinfo -B
name of display: :1
display: :1 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0xffffffff)
Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0, 256 bits) (0xffffffff)
Version: 20.1.5
Accelerated: no
Video memory: 15438MB
Unified memory: no
Preferred profile: core (0x1)
Max core profile version: 3.3
Max compat profile version: 3.1
Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.1
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0, 256 bits)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.1.5
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 20.1.5
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 20.1.5
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10
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What do you think?
What does your Xorg log look like?
Last edited by crt0mega on 28 Aug 2020 at 6:49 pm UTC
So, for example,
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.logand
cat /var/log/Xorg.1.log.At some point in the log file it says this:
[ 65.119] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
[ 65.119] (II) Unloading radeon
[ 65.119] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 65.119] (II) Unloading vesa
Both log files can be checked [here](https://file.io/v2Zn2clSJrek).
damarrin - It seems that marvelgg from Pop! OS Reddit agrees with you:
"If it is a recent AMD CPU/GPU you may need a newer kernel for it to work properly. You can try xanmod.org STABLE branch or use Mainline app if you want to keep using the Ubuntu generic builds for some reason"
So, I guess I should look into upgrading the kernel (?)
Now I can put the laptop in Suspend, and it will wake up without a black screen!
Oh, wait! that was a different issue ;)
Well, at least now I can choose various Display resolutions. Before I only had 1 :(
The only issue left is that I still cannot choose OpenCL as a Blender-Cycles Render Device. Which is the reason I started this thread, I thought maybe I don't have the Radeon drivers.
What should I do next to confirm that I am running whatever is needed to make the most of the Radeon Graphics in my laptop?
Last edited by drpeppercan on 29 Aug 2020 at 8:55 pm UTC
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What is your Mesa version?
Last edited by Jared on 2 Sep 2020 at 1:55 am UTC