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Graphics Drivers

Endeavour OS

Endeavour OS has an installer on their repo (you won't find it on the Arch repos or AUR). You can install it with: 

sudo pacman -S nvidia-installer-dkms

You can then check if your card is supported by the tool: 

nvidia-installer-check

You will then be given a message letting you know if you can install the drivers.

To install the drivers, type the command: 

sudo nvidia-installer-dkms

You will be prompted to reboot, and you should be good to go!

Installing CUDA

Installing CUDA on arch-based distros can be done simply by running the following command: 

sudo pacman -Sy cuda-tools

Ubuntu - Install ROCm Drivers for Radeon Graphics Cards

NOTE: You cannot have ROCm and AMDGPU-Pro driver installed at the same time, if you already have AMDGPU-Pro installed, run the command:

amdgpu-pro-uninstall

  1. Add apt repo: 

    wget -qO - http://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/debian/rocm.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add - && echo 'deb [arch=amd64] http://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/debian/ xenial main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.listbash

  2. bash sudo apt update && sudo apt install rocm-dkms

  3. To access the GPU, you must be a user in the video group. Ensure your user account is a member of the video group prior to using ROCm. To add your user to the video group, use the following command for the sudo password: 

    sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME

  4. By default, add any future users to the video group. Run the following command to add users to the video group: 

    echo 'ADD_EXTRA_GROUPS=1' | sudo tee -a /etc/adduser.conf

echo 'EXTRA_GROUPS=video' | sudo tee -a /etc/adduser.conf

  5. Restart the system 

    reboot

  6. After restarting the system, run the following commands to verify that the ROCm installation is successful. If you see your GPUs listed by both commands, the installation is considered successful. 

    /opt/rocm/bin/rocminfo

/opt/rocm/opencl/bin/x86_64/clinfo

  7. To run the ROCm programs more efficiently, add the ROCm binaries in your PATH. 

    echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/rocm/bin:/opt/rocm/profiler/bin:/opt/rocm/opencl/bin/x86_64' | sudo tee -a /etc/profile.d/rocm.sh

X. To remove ROCm: 

sudo apt autoremove rocm-dkms

sudo apt autoremove rocm-libs miopen-hip cxlactivitylogger