[Solved] Installed Linux Mint on X400 -- amdgpu drivers not installed

GaryGate · Oct 2, 2021

Linux Mint installed nicely and works with latest 5.11 kernel. However, proper amdgpu drivers are not loaded. Any ideas?

Code:

inxi -Fxz
System:    Kernel: 5.11.0-37-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
           base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: BESSTAR TECH LIMITED product: X400 v: N/A serial: <filter>
           Mobo: BESSTAR TECH model: N/A serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: ATB15012 date: 03/10/2021
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1
           L2 cache: 2048 KiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 60684
           Speed: 4091 MHz min/max: 1400/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4092 2: 4086 3: 4085 4: 4086 5: 4031 6: 4086 7: 4086
           8: 4088
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir driver: N/A bus ID: 05:00.0
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,fbdev unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~77Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.1 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-ad50b47 2021-10-01 focal-oibaf-ppa)
           direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 05:00.1
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor driver: N/A bus ID: 05:00.5
           Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Conexant Systems driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           bus ID: 05:00.6
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.0-37-generic
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 02:00.0
           IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 03:00.0
           IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 04:00.0
           IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 942.70 GiB used: 158.92 GiB (16.9%)
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PDP3512B-A01 size: 476.94 GiB
           ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: JMicron Tech model: Generic size: 465.76 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 36.42 GiB used: 9.82 GiB (27.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
           ID-2: /home size: 372.80 GiB used: 46.21 GiB (12.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.9 C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 251 Uptime: 5m Memory: 15.06 GiB used: 949.9 MiB (6.2%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0
           Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38

GaryGate · Oct 4, 2021

I found these lines in /var/log/dmesg :

Code:

[    0.892436] kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.GP17.VGA.LCD._BCM.AFN7], AE_NOT_FOUND (20201113/psargs-330)
[    0.896734] kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.GP17.VGA.LCD._BCM due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20201113/psparse-529)
[    0.896806] kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20201113/video-357)

These are the only lines related to some kind of error. Can someone with more knowledge interpret?

joey · Oct 29, 2021

GaryGate said:
I found these lines in /var/log/dmesg :

Code:

[ 0.892436] kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.GP17.VGA.LCD._BCM.AFN7], AE_NOT_FOUND (20201113/psargs-330) [ 0.896734] kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.GP17.VGA.LCD._BCM due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20201113/psparse-529) [ 0.896806] kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20201113/video-357)

These are the only lines related to some kind of error. Can someone with more knowledge interpret?

Minisforum does not provide users with linux GPU drivers. Please go to AMD's official website to check the drivers you need. Thank you for your understanding.

GaryGate · Oct 31, 2021

joey said:
Minisforum does not provide users with linux GPU drivers. Please go to AMD's official website to check the drivers you need. Thank you for your understanding.

GPU drivers for the AMD Ryzen processors are built-in in the Linux kernel (amdgpu). The drivers from AMD's website are appropriate for the separate AMD graphics cards.
Thank you for your understanding.

Edit: I managed to solve the problem: Reinstalled Linux Mint Cinnamon using the Edge .iso, that has the 5.11 kernel. The admgpu driver is working now.