AMD Driver Ubuntu

Warning

Ubuntu 18.04 is no longer supported for AMD GPUs from models Radeon RX 6600 and newer.

Warning

Radeon no longer supports SPIR on some GPUs, please verify that your GPU drivers support SPIR to be compatible with Zivid Software.

  1. Download and extract the correct Radeon Software for Linux:

    Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys on the keyboard.

    Create a temporary folder and navigate to it:

    mkdir amd
cd amd

    If you go to https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-amdgpu-unified-linux-22-20 you will find a link to a version AMD GPU driver installer which is broken. In the following instructions we will use a version that we have tested and that works. At the time of writing this is version 22.20.3. AMD has a /latest path, but this still points to 22.20, which is broken.

    wget --referer http://support.amd.com http://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu-install/22.20.3/ubuntu/jammy/amdgpu-install_22.20.50203-1_all.deb

    Install this package with apt:

    sudo apt install ./amdgpu-install_22.20.50203-1_all.deb
sudo apt update

    Check your Linux Kernel version:

    uname -r

    For Linux Kernel version 5.4 (Ubuntu LTS), download Radeon Software 20.45 for Ubuntu 20.04:

    wget --referer http://support.amd.com https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/linux/amdgpu-pro-20.45-1188099-ubuntu-20.04.tar.xz

    Extract the contents:

    tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-20.45-1188099-ubuntu-20.04.tar.xz
cd amdgpu-pro-20.45-1188099-ubuntu-20.04

    For Linux Kernel version 5.8 (Ubuntu LTS HWE stacks), download Radeon Software 20.50 for Linux 20.04:

    wget --referer http://support.amd.com https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/linux/amdgpu-pro-20.50-1234664-ubuntu-20.04.tar.xz

    Extract the contents:

    tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-20.50-1234664-ubuntu-20.04.tar.xz
cd amdgpu-pro-20.50-1234664-ubuntu-20.04

    Download Radeon Software 18.50 for Ubuntu 18.04:

    wget --referer http://support.amd.com https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/linux/amdgpu-pro-18.50-725072-ubuntu-18.04.tar.xz

    Extract the contents:

    tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-18.50-725072-ubuntu-18.04.tar.xz
cd amdgpu-pro-18.50-725072-ubuntu-18.04

    Note

    Support for Ubuntu 16.04 is removed since SDK 2.7. To see Ubuntu 16.04 instructions for an earlier SDK version, change the Knowledge Base version in the top left corner.

  2. Install the graphics stack.

    AMDs own instructions

    amdgpu-install --usecase=graphics,opencl --no-32 --no-dkms

    Note

    If you require Secure Boot you may have to include DKMS (remove --no-dkms in the above command). For more information see secure-boot-support.

    Now add your user as member of both the render group and the video group.

    sudo gpasswd -a $USER render
sudo gpasswd -a $USER video

    You may have to reboot in order for the changes to take effect.

    sudo reboot

    You may now try to open ZividStudio. If it fails then follow the next steps.

    ZividStudio

    AMDs own instructions.

    ./amdgpu-pro-install --opencl=pal

    AMDs own instructions.

    ./amdgpu-pro-install --opencl=pal

  3. Follow the steps to Configure Secure Boot (if prompted):

    ../../../_images/secure_boot_1.png
    ../../../_images/secure_boot_2.png
    ../../../_images/secure_boot_3.png

    If you are not able to boot, check System Boot Error After AMD OpenCL Drivers Installation.

  4. Check OpenCL driver

    Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys on the keyboard. Execute the following command to get a synthetic summary about all OpenCL platforms on the system and the devices they expose:

    Note

    You first have to install clinfo.

    clinfo -l

    If clinfo doesn’t print anything, you might have to add your user to group Video.

    If your system does not boot up after installing the OpenCL driver, click System Boot Error After AMD OpenCL Drivers Installation.