On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 14:28, Anthony F McInerney <afm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 14:08, Sreyan Chakravarty <sreya...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My laptop model is the HP-ac179tx. >> Full Specs here: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04919819 >> >> It has an AMD Radeon R5 M330 Graphics (2 GB DDR3 dedicated) GPU which is >> currently not being used by Wayland Gnome in Fedora. >> >> This is the output of: >> $ lspci | grep -i VGA >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD >> Graphics 520] (rev 07) >> >> As you can see it is operating on the in-built Intel Graphics. I want all >> display operations to happen through the AMD GPU, is that possible? >> >> Now, I know video card drivers has always been a dicey topic, where there >> is no stable drivers, just softwares that fail a little less than other >> counterparts. >> >> So, I have a few questions: >> >> 1) I am using Gnome-Wayland. Are there at all any video card drivers out >> there for Wayland ? >> 2) To use video drivers is it necessary to switch to XOrg ? >> 3) Is it possible to transfer all display operations to the GPU ? Like my >> desktop has the monitor connected to the GPU directly, which means all >> display is handled by the GPU. Is something similar possible here? >> >> I did try installing the AMDGPU-Pro Driver from here: >> https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-radpro-lin-16-40 >> >> But it fails with the error: >> No match for argument: amdgpu >> Error: Unable to find a match: amdgpu >> >> Also Fedora was even listed in page, so I guess that means that it is not >> supported. >> >> Some relevant diagnostic information about my laptop: >> >> $ sudo kmod list | grep amd >> amdgpu 5308416 0 >> amd_iommu_v2 20480 1 amdgpu >> gpu_sched 36864 1 amdgpu >> ttm 122880 2 amdgpu,radeon >> i2c_algo_bit 16384 3 amdgpu,radeon,i915 >> drm_kms_helper 233472 3 amdgpu,radeon,i915 >> drm 585728 13 >> gpu_sched,drm_kms_helper,amdgpu,radeon,i915,ttm >> >> $ sudo rpm -qa | grep vulkan | sort >> mesa-vulkan-drivers-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> vulkan-loader-1.2.131.1-1.fc31.x86_64 >> >> $ sudo rpm -qa | grep mesa | sort >> mesa-dri-drivers-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-filesystem-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-libEGL-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-libgbm-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-libGL-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-libglapi-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-libGLU-9.0.1-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-libOpenCL-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-libxatracker-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> mesa-vulkan-drivers-19.2.8-1.fc31.x86_64 >> >> Lastly, I have LVM snapshotting enabled, so I should be able to try out >> things so long as they don't involve my /boot and /boot/efi directories as >> they are not included in the LVM. >> >> Let me know what is the best course of action here. >> >> Thanks. >> -- >> Regards, >> Sreyan Chakravarty >> >> Hi Sreyan, > > First thought, check the bios see if you can disable the onboard / intel > card? > > Cheers > Ant. > Also just add. you want to make sure you have xorg-x11-drv-amdgpu installed. and best reference on fredora i have found is the french wiki: https://doc.fedora-fr.org/wiki/Carte_graphique_ATI_-_AMD_Radeon_:_installation_des_pilotes_libres&prev=search
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