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I have Ubuntu 18.04.2 and Graphics card asus rx580 8gb. Driver installation problem on ubuntu 18.04.2

  1. I go on "https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-500-series/radeon-rx-500-series/radeon-rx-580" for download driver. I have last driver just only "Radeon™ Software for Linux® Driver for Ubuntu 18.04.1". Ok, I try install.

  2. I open terminal and try install this, but I have problem. I run in terminal:

    $ sudo ./amdgpu-pro-install

returns me:

WARNING: amdgpu dkms failed for running kernel

This dosen't work. Whay I can to force work it?

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  • The link you provided is not static - it points to an updated driver now, version 19.20. I think it make sense to try the most recent driver package now.
    – HEKTO
    Jun 25, 2019 at 18:00

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You appear to be affected by this bug.

The DKMS will not compile on the 4.18 Linux kernel in 18.50.

Some workarounds are:

A) Wait for the 19.10 driver, which reportedly will be released within the coming months.

B) Downgrade to kernel 4.15 which is reported to work. If this didn't work for you install linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-47-generic and linux-headers-4.15.0-47-generic as well as linux-image-4.15.0-47-generic and try again.

C) Use the no-dkms switch when installing with kernel versions 4.17 or later. amdgpu-pro-install --no-dkms Also reported to work.

Note: I do not have your hardware so I cannot test. This answer is the result of research and nothing more.

Sources:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109440

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/501267/how-to-fix-amdgpu-dkms-failed-for-running-kernel-when-installing-amd-gpu-drive

If you are getting a dkms not found error refer to this answer.

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  • Thank you very much for your reply. Unfortunately I could not install this driver. To eliminate errors, I installed a clean system every time before attempting to install amdgpu. Probably, I just have to wait for the new driver. Or me hope for an answer from amd (maybe they will share some instruction with me, and I will definitely share it).
    – Dmytro Kravchenko
    Apr 14, 2019 at 13:40
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    The --no-dkms argument helped in my case, thanks for that one!
    – Marc-André Appel
    Mar 18, 2020 at 15:39
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    @Marc-AndréAppel I'm glad it helped!
    – Elder Geek
    Mar 20, 2020 at 16:22
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I have had simmilar problems with amdgpu-pro (19.Q4) drivers, but I'm using WX 7100.

Note: Customers who have upgraded to the latest 4.15 Kernel for Ubuntu will need to use an 18.20 based driver such as Radeon™ Pro Software Adrenalin Edition 18.Q3 for Linux.

I've installed latest 4.14.* mainline kernel and that solved my problem with installation. Then I've discovered that amdgpu-pro drivers works fine with 5.0.0-37 kernel, but must be installed on previous (4.14.*) kernel. After that I've removed old kernel.

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