So I recently posted about this but I was not able to get anything to work. I have updated my kernel to 4.12.4. I am on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. And I am running an RX480. I believe my mesa drivers are up to date (although I am not quite sure how to check that) and I am still getting screen tearing while doing tasks such as watching Youtube videos as well as just scrolling through stack overflow. It’s very annoying and I would love an easy fix. Someone said to edit my XORG.conf file but when I created one of those I ended up getting stuck in a login loop in Ubuntu. Let me know if you guys have any ideas on how to solve this.
Which problem? For login loop this should work but for AMD Drivers: just use the same process.
http://tipsonubuntu.com/2017/05/09/install-nvidia-375-66-ubuntu-16-04-14-04-17-04/#prettyPhoto
as far as screen tearing maybe this will help.
I would just try the ubuntu 17.10 beta. At this point its stable enough and it should help you get past this problem.
I could be totally wrong, but I do not think ubuntu turns the amd drivers on by default. I think there is something you have to do.
I also know AMD has proprietary drivers for ubuntu that add features to the opensource drivers.
I am sorry I can’t be of more help, I am calling on my memory of reading other people’s issues.
No fucking way this is possible you’re running 16.04 LTS with that kernel; unless you did it yourself.
rx480 should use the amdgpu drivers which are in kernel space and loaded as modules during boot up, for cards of the volcanic islands architecture. You can read more about it, here.
OP, are you using Xorg or Wayland as your software compositor? I’m not sure what regular ubuntu uses, I have 17.04 MATE and use Xorg.
If you’re using Xorg then there are some tricks you can do to mitigate screen tearing.
amdgpu-pro also modules in the kernel. Have to jump through hoops for this, and the only features it adds only benefit professional series cards (firepro’s, fiji). There’s no real reason he should use this.
I have tried that same screen tearing fix. Every time it always just makes my graphical interface not work.
So I updated my kernel manually, this was recommend as a possible fix for this but has not worked. I honestly do not know if I am using wayland or xorg. How do I find this out?
Ubuntu uses X