@ViOLO:
1: It was just backgroundinfo why I considered changing to amdgpu-pro
2: I didn't see the update in the wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMDGPU
Last time I checked it was experimental for 4.8. That is why I was confused I guess.
Today I can't be a volounteer, but I can try to install kernel 4.9 on a second disk and try to help out.
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| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/amdgpu-pro-installer.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Submitter: | LEW21 |
| Maintainer: | Ashark (mesmer) |
| Last Packager: | mesmer |
| Votes: | 123 |
| Popularity: | 0.64 |
| First Submitted: | 2016-03-28 22:44 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2024-03-28 21:56 (UTC) |
mikaelbrun commented on 2016-10-20 15:29 (UTC)
Vi0L0 commented on 2016-10-20 13:49 (UTC) (edited on 2016-10-20 13:52 (UTC) by Vi0L0)
@mikaelbrun:
1. i believe it's not the place for commenting catalyst-test pkg, but fyi i have updated it more than 2 weeks ago to cover 4.8 kernel support, you probably only have to update it.
2. afaik AMDGPU-PRO is not compatible with SI, experimental SI support was just added to AMDGPU in kernel 4.9 (release candidate atm)
Amarildo [1] have tested -PRO on his SI card, and he catched segfaults
[1]https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1662739#p1662739
It would be good anyway to confirm that experimental SI support in 4.9 kernel is not working with -PRO driver - aby volunteer? :)
mikaelbrun commented on 2016-10-20 13:37 (UTC)
I currently have the catalyst-test driver installed on my computer.
I now see that the linux 4.8.2-1 kernel has been released, and this gives me a conflict when I want to update (catalyst-test needs linux < 4.8).
My graphics card is a radeon R9 280x, which is SOUTHERN ISLAND (isn't it?).
Is the new kernel compatible with this card and AMDGPU-PRO out of the box?
The information I have found is confusing to me. I don't want to make big changes to my system if it gives me alot of extra work. :-)
nmset commented on 2016-10-18 20:34 (UTC) (edited on 2016-10-18 20:34 (UTC) by nmset)
@Corngood : libvdpau is installed on my system, and I can't remove it as many packages depend on it. But I noticed no lockup with ffplay. VLC, mplayer and dragon will always lockup my laptop before even the first frame is displayed.
Vi0L0 commented on 2016-10-18 19:16 (UTC)
@Corngood: i also had stability issues with amdgpu-pro, hard lockups where even hardware reset button didn't help (sic!).
My longest session stayed for ~2hours. Lockups appeared in random situations - in games, movies, web browsers, text editors, with compositing enabled and disabled. I checked many kernels and iirc amd-staging-4.7 (from agd5f's git) was best because it was freezing desktop envronment, not whole pc so i could reboot it safely (`systemctl restart sddm` then was causing complete lockup again).
Even dkms version of the module was worse than this amd-staging-4.7.
I'm on 290x so also hawaii and thats why i'm so much surprised when you telling you are not experiencing these lockups. As for me it is the worst amd driver because of those lockups and also the first one on which gl-cl sharing is working completelly fine, heh :).
Oh well, I will patiently wait for newer version to check it out, meanwhile I'm on amdgpu and gotta tell that it's really nice!
Corngood commented on 2016-10-18 18:12 (UTC)
@nmset - I assume you are trying to use VDPAU?
I've had stability problems with VDPAU on HAWAII, but just corruption in the video and the video player stopping, no system lock ups.
Vi0L0 commented on 2016-10-18 06:47 (UTC) (edited on 2016-10-18 06:53 (UTC) by Vi0L0)
I believe my GNOME 3.22 "fix" should also work on amdgpu-pro:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1662092#p1662092
Like said there still no luck with gdm, at least on catalyst but since amdgpu-pro shares code with catalyst it could be also touched - anyhow it's another story + I believe it's easier to switch dm than de
nmset commented on 2016-10-15 14:15 (UTC)
I just can't play any video file with amdgpu-pro, with any DE, any video file
format and any player. The system totally freezes on playback and
there's no choice but a hard reboot.
There are no problems with a 3D application I use.
My laptop :
Linux hp2.domain 4.7.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 15 15:24:29 CEST 2016
x86_64 GNU/Linux
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
Kaveri [Radeon R6 Graphics]
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Topaz XT
[Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360] (rev ff)
X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Now I intend to buy an RX480 card for a desktop PC, which will require amdgpu/pro. I wish to know if someone has experienced such system freeze during video playback with this card, before buying.
Thank you.
<deleted-account> commented on 2016-10-15 12:18 (UTC)
Since I Updated my system (Arch64bit) there 4 days, i can't start gnome, i have just dark screen with mouse cursor.
The Update was Gnome 3.20 to 3.22 and Wayland.
So i must uninstalled AMDGPU-PRO and reinstall AMDGPU (the free driver) to start Xorg and/or Gnome.
flubba86 commented on 2016-10-14 01:25 (UTC)
@s1kx - Oh, hey thats me. Glad my patch worked for you, and you were able to create a working package using it.
I came across this page while trying to get amdgpu-pro working on Linux 4.8 in Ubuntu, and was surprised to see my username mentioned.
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mesmer commented on 2022-12-23 04:31 (UTC) (edited on 2023-05-28 19:28 (UTC) by mesmer)
IF PROBLEM HAPPEN
this package is our try to put amdgpu in ARCH, but this could break or have problems as amd update and change their packages for ubuntu
if anything happens you can always download a older tag in https://github.com/Ashark/archlinux-amdgpu-pro/releases and get the PKGBUILD there, and use makepkg with that build while we update or try to fix :)
ALWAYS USE LINUX-FIRMWARE-GIT IF LATEST DRIVER FAIL BEFORE ISSUE SOME ERROR
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-firmware-git
Ashark commented on 2019-12-09 20:52 (UTC) (edited on 2022-12-06 08:45 (UTC) by Ashark)
PKGBUILD generator is located here: https://github.com/Ashark/archlinux-amdgpu-pro
AMDGPU PRO wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMDGPU_PRO
New versions will appear here: https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/.