1 yr. ago • 91%

Recently switched to a new AMD GPU from NVIDIA on pop!_OS, do I have to install anything?

I've already made a post about this, I made the switch from an Nvidia GPU to an AMD one and I was wondering if I needed to install anything extra. I've heard the drivers are included inside the kernel but how do I ensure that it's installed?

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Not really. Default drivers should work just fine. If you want to make sure they're installed and running, run the following in a terminal:

glxinfo | grep Mesa

If you have any output, you have Mesa. It'll tell you what version you have as well.
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- yes it’s installed, also is there a program I can use to configure? Something like NVIDIA control panel but for AMD
  
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  I like corectl for overclocking and whatnot. But as far as I know there isn't something similar to Nvidia control panel on windows
  
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  I've personally never heard of or used any driver control panels for mesa. It just works with 0 fuss for me. If you mean graphical settings, your desktop environment's control panel should have some knobs and buttons.
  
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- Installing the AMD Vulkan libraries, if they aren't installed out of the box
  
  They said they were on Pop_OS, I'm 99% sure they're preinstalled
  
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- You should uninstall the Nvidia drivers for better stability and to make updates a bit faster.
  
  Is that all?
  
  Coming from Windows, where you should either nuke the install or use DDU in safe mode when changing vendors, for smooth sailing to paradise.
  
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- one more thing, for some reason after I installed the GPU it does this glitch thing yes. I tried rebooting
  
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You could also uninstall the NVIDIA driver to get the proprietary taint out of the kernel.

Read more here, but a tainted kernel isn't usually an issue if you decide not to uninstall it.

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The hard truth is that you don’t need to do anything else, AMD just works (or don’t) but that’s all.

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@Yoru Is amdgpu driver installed? Check it with “inxi -G” (install inxi if it’s not already).

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- it’s installed
  
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https://wiki.debian.org/GraphicsCard

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU

On a gaming/user oriented distro like Pop, you probably have most of it already. Still good for info.

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