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AMDGPU-PRO driver doesnāt support Ubuntu 17.10
From this AMD tech support website an employee named Matt says:
We donāt support Ubuntu 17 yet in the latest AMDGPU-Pro, use 16.04.03
and Kernel 4.10 and Xorg 1.19.
Install AMDGPU-PRO Linux driver under Ubuntu 16.04
From the AMD website instructions for installing under Ubuntu 16.04 are listed:
- Edit
/etc/default/grubas root and modify GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in order to add āamdgpu.vm_fragment_size=9ā (without the quotes). The line may look something like this after the change:
`GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash amdgpu.vm_fragment_size=9"`
- Update grub and reboot as root:
`update-grub;reboot`
Your card is verified as AMDGPU-PRO compatible
The AMDGPU-Pro Driver is compatible with the following AMD products.
AMD Product Family Compatibility
Radeonā¢ RX Vega Series Graphics AMD Radeonā¢ Pro WX-series
Radeonā¢ Vega Frontier Edition AMD FireProā¢ W9100
Radeonā¢ RX 550/560/570/580 Series Graphics AMD FireProā¢ W8100
AMD Radeonā¢ RX 460/470/480 Graphics AMD FireProā¢ W7100
AMD Radeonā¢ Pro Duo AMD FireProā¢ W5100
AMD Radeonā¢ R9 Fury/Fury X/Nano Graphics AMD FireProā¢ W4300
AMD Radeonā¢ R9 380/380X/390/390X Graphics AMD FireProā¢ W4100
AMD Radeonā¢ R9 285/290/290X Graphics AMD FireProā¢ W2100
AMD Radeonā¢ R7 240/250/250X/260/260X/350 AMD FireProā¢ W600
AMD Radeonā¢ HD7700/7800/8500/8600 AMD FireProā¢ S-Series
AMD Radeonā¢ R9 360 Graphics AMD Radeonā¢ Pro WX 9100
AMD Radeonā¢ R5 340