I read that this GPU should be supported by the open source amdgpu driver in the Linux 4.4 kernel on Ubuntu 16.04, but both the Live USB and a migrated 15.10 -> 16.04 installation suffer the same problem: the video goes off as soon as grub loads.
The workaround is to use 'nomodeset' as a boot parameter, but this disables the amdgpu driver and mesa falls back to software rending using LLVMpipe:
So, what's the deal? Has anyone got this working in Ubuntu 16.04? Should I try a newer kernel using some PPA? Please avise!
The workaround is to use 'nomodeset' as a boot parameter, but this disables the amdgpu driver and mesa falls back to software rending using LLVMpipe:
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[B]sudo glxinfo | grep OpenGL[/B] OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.8, 128 bits) OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 11.2.0 OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30 OpenGL core profile context flags: (none) OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile OpenGL core profile extensions: OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30 OpenGL context flags: (none) OpenGL extensions: OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.00 OpenGL ES profile extensions:
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