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Switch from NVIDIA GPU to AMD RADEON - Wayland

forum.garudalinux.org › t › switch-from-nvidia-gpu-to-amd-radeon-wayland › 18153

This is a corner case I believe, clearly the Xorg.0.log file that inxi is reading to get the loaded/unloaded X driver list is not updating on reboot, which is unusual. Alternately, the log file location that xorg actually updates might be different than the one inxi is trying to read, though inxi d… Answer from h2-1 on forum.garudalinux.org

reddit.com › r/linux_gaming › psa: don't use xf86-video-amdgpu with wayland

r/linux_gaming on Reddit: PSA: don't use xf86-video-amdgpu with Wayland

January 7, 2023 -

I had an epiphany this morning

I use Wayland exclusively over xorg, and it turns out installing this xf86-video-amdgpu package on top of the usual Mesa (which provides amdgpu already) conflicted with my game performance. I removed it on Arch with yay -R xf86-video-amdgpu, rebooted, and it is night and day. It even boots faster.

If anyone needs me, I'll be finally gaming on Linux with good performance for the first time in months. See you on the battlefield

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xf86-video-amdgpu should have no effect on wayland at all, xwayland also doesn't use it.

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Wayland doesn't even touch xf86-video-anything, so whatever you're experiencing is unrelated.

Garuda Linux

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Switch from NVIDIA GPU to AMD RADEON - Wayland - Issues & Assistance - Garuda Linux Forum

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Discussions

Fedora 39 with KDE Plasma Wayland - amdgpu screen corruption when both igpu and dgpu (both amdgpu) are used

Hello, This is my wife’s setup: Ryzen 7900 (contains AMD Raphael) Radeon 6400 Fedora 39 KDE (Wayland) She already has 2x 4K screens connected to the 6400 and we wanted to connect a projector to the igpu so that we can watch movies. However, this is made impossible. More on discussion.fedoraproject.org

discussion.fedoraproject.org

July 10, 2024

Does Switching to an AMD GPU From Nvidia Fix The Issues With Wayland?

No idea if it’ll fix anything for you, but I don’t have those issues on AMD. More on reddit.com

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February 9, 2024

AMD GPU not being used (Radeon RX 6700 XT - External / eGPU - Wayland)

My AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is not being used by Wayland or any applications. My main goal is to run Davinci Resolve (OpenCL) using an eGPU on my thunderbolt laptop, and I’m currently using Minecraft as a “test application” alongside command line tools such as lspci and glxinfo to determine ... More on discussion.fedoraproject.org

discussion.fedoraproject.org

December 28, 2022

Wayland + AMD GPU Full Screen Issues

Kernel: 6.8.7-1-default Resolution: 3840x2160 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D GPU: AMD ATI 59:00.0 Raphael (iGPU) GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 7900 XTX Wayland Just installed openSUSE yesterday and booted straight into a Wayland session. Installed the opi codecs via the packman repo, and everything is all ... More on forums.opensuse.org

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April 22, 2024

Arch Linux Forums

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[RESOLVED] Updating AMD GPU Drivers on Wayland / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums

Most of the linux graphics stack comes from a lower level then X / wayland and is shared by them.

Ask Ubuntu

askubuntu.com › questions › 1176046 › dedicated-amd-radeon-gpu-not-available-on-x-but-available-on-wayland

xorg - Dedicated AMD Radeon GPU not available on X but available on Wayland - Ask Ubuntu

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Following one of the answers on the link ppetraki provided in his answer, I added Option "DRI" "3" to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf, and after a session restart everything was working again. xrandr --listproviders still does not list the AMD GPU, but seemingly DRI3 does not need that.

I was able to confirm the effect of this fix by watching GPU activity through radeontop while running DRI_PRIME=1 glxgears.

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Just to keep your sanity, I would blacklist the radeon kernel driver and make sure it's not binding to the GPU by running lspci -k -nn -s GPU_SLOT.

Once that is all set. Force your amdgpu to use a defined config so you don't become a victim of auto detection.

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amdgpu.conf
Section "Module"
    Load "dri3"
    Load "glamoregl"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "AMD"
  Driver "amdgpu"
  Option "Accel" "on"
  Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
  Option "TearFree" "auto"
  Option "DRI" "3"
EndSection

Please see, https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/open-source-amd-linux/856386-hybrid-graphics-intel-amd

Fedora Discussion

discussion.fedoraproject.org › ask fedora

Fedora 39 with KDE Plasma Wayland - amdgpu screen corruption when both igpu and dgpu (both amdgpu) are used - Fedora Discussion

July 10, 2024 - Hello, This is my wife’s setup: Ryzen 7900 (contains AMD Raphael) Radeon 6400 Fedora 39 KDE (Wayland) She already has 2x 4K screens connected to the 6400 and we wanted to connect a projector to the igpu so that we can watch movies. However, this is made impossible.

Ask Ubuntu

askubuntu.com › questions › 1488246 › no-wayland-after-messing-around-with-amdgpu-install-for-rocm

steam - No Wayland after messing around with amdgpu-install for ROCM - Ask Ubuntu

You have probably moved on already, but I had a similar problem and for me it was that amdgpu install created a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-amdgpu.conf which blacklisted the amdgpu kernel module. After commenting out the line in that file (and recreating initramfs ) Wayland worked again

Gentoo Forums

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Gentoo Forums :: View topic - Question about AMD drivers on Wayland + Games

reddit.com › r/linux_gaming › does switching to an amd gpu from nvidia fix the issues with wayland?

r/linux_gaming on Reddit: Does Switching to an AMD GPU From Nvidia Fix The Issues With Wayland?

February 9, 2024 -

I have been using an Nvidia GPU for a while with Linux, and I have recently switched to wayland to try it out. I did all of the steps of making everything run relatively smoothly with wayland + nvidia but things like electron apps being absolutely unusable and video games (despite having high fps) stuttering non-stop making them virtually unplayable has made me regret my decision.

I want to know if switching to an AMD gpu will solve these problems or is it just a wayland being still a work in progress project thing.

Thanks in advance!

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No idea if it’ll fix anything for you, but I don’t have those issues on AMD.

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I won't tell you what to do, but I'd personally not switch vendors nor buy new hardware for Linux's sake. It ain't even Linux's fault, Nvidia simply does not play along. But the idea of having to switch vendors just so that your OS runs well is outrageous. Perhaps you were already thinking of upgrading, and considering going with AMD. That's fine, and if you chose to do so, you'll have smoother sailing on Linux. But if you're considering doing this just because Nvidia sucks on Linux, then I think it's a terrible idea. You chose the hardware in your PC for a reason, including your Nvidia GPU. Perhaps you like Nvidia's ecosystem and the features they provide, or just prefer them for whatever reason. Having to forcefully change that just to have your OS work is, once again, simply outrageous. I'd wait. Have to use X11 in the meantime? Do so. Linux youtubers and folk in general keep going on and on about how Wayland is the future and how X11 is obsolete and dead in the water. They aren't wrong, but what the hell does it matter when Wayland won't even work well with the hardware you currently have? Put those folks on mute, grab your trusty X11 window manager, and wait it out. A bit of hopium here, but there are good things coming. Nvidia is at least showing good will towards Wayland, and NVK is progressing at a breakneck pace. With a little bit of luck, those remaining headaches with Nvidia in Wayland will be resolved sooner than later. And fuck it, I'm gonna say it. Just like when Windows 11 artificially locked out older CPUs from working with it; if your OS does not work with the hardware you spent money on, perhaps you don't need new hardware, but rather a different OS. It's unfortunate because Linux isn't actually at fault here unlike Win11, but the point still stands.

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KDE Bug Tracker

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454639 – amdgpu driver: Flickering in Wayland session after suspend without lock screen enabled

January 6, 2024 - KDE Bugtracking System – Bug 454639 amdgpu driver: Flickering in Wayland session after suspend without lock screen enabled Last modified: 2024-01-06 08:21:51 UTC

Fedora Discussion

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AMD GPU not being used (Radeon RX 6700 XT - External / eGPU - Wayland) - Fedora Discussion

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Haha thank you. [image] PRD: The egpu-switcher project talks about X.Org You’re right, in my excitement I didn’t even realise. I’ve disabled and removed egpu-switcher from my system and I’m still able to use my eGPU when a monitor is connected to my GPU. The new, more accurate instructions …

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Configuration: B In this configuration I keep all of the packages from Configuration A and run a script which was recommended by the Framework forum. Added/Changed repositories: AMD GPU Proprietary: Index of /amdgpu/22.20.5/rhel/9.0/proprietary/x86_64/ AMD GPU Main: Index of /amdgpu/22.20.5/rhel…

openSUSE Forums

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Wayland + AMD GPU Full Screen Issues - Applications - openSUSE Forums

April 22, 2024 - Kernel: 6.8.7-1-default Resolution: 3840x2160 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D GPU: AMD ATI 59:00.0 Raphael (iGPU) GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 7900 XTX Wayland Just installed openSUSE yesterday and booted straight into a Wayland session.

reddit.com › r/endeavouros › at a loss on how to make wayland session work (amd gpu, not nvidia)

At a loss on how to make Wayland session work (AMD GPU, not NVIDIA) : r/EndeavourOS

July 18, 2024 - KDE / X11 is fine, as is Hyprland / Wayland. ... I’ve had a few issues myself over my time learning Arch and EOS. I typically use a combo of guides, and with the latest KDE updates it’s all settled down for me. Check the diver matrix on here and stick with the AMDGPU setup, and then flick back to the.

reddit.com › r/voidlinux › wayland, amdgpu and void linux

r/voidlinux on Reddit: wayland, amdgpu and void linux

July 10, 2021 -

Hello to all

I just performed a clean void linux installation. My setting reads:

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Kernel: 5.12.14_1, GNOME 40.2,

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx (8) @ 2.300GHz

GPU: AMD ATI 02:00.0 Picasso

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Never the less I have the following problem:

after some time of use, my system freezes and nothing(*) -but hard reset can be done.

Have you met the same problem? I have to mentioned that the same problem happened in plasma (KDE).

Thank you all

(*) not even to open a tty terminal is not possible.

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The fan goes full blast? I had this happen to me. Check here

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Hi I am not interested in Gnome as its too big for me. My X is LXDE but I have just tested sway with a modifiied config as I use sakura terminal First on X , I have same kernel release inxi -G Graphics: Device-1: AMD Picasso driver: amdgpu v: kernel Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics (RAVEN DRM 3.40.0 5.12.14_1 LLVM 12.0.0) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.4 logging into local user and launching sway....then exitting sway shows some minor errors but my poinit is.....Have you tried other Wayland desktops?

GamingOnLinux

gamingonlinux.com › 2025 › 01 › amd-reveals-amdgpu-composition-stack-a-fork-of-waylands-weston-compositor-for-advancing-the-linux-desktop

AMD reveals AMDGPU Composition Stack, a fork of Wayland's Weston compositor for advancing the Linux desktop | GamingOnLinux

January 22, 2025 - To act as a staging area for Weston/Wayland features to be opensourced to mainline. To act as a reference compositor for AMD's advanced graphics and display feature development. To provide a middleware compositor which extracts the best out of AMD Display and Graphics HW (We don't mind being biased to AMDGPU HW)

Manjaro Linux

forum.manjaro.org › support › graphics & display

Problems with screen sharing with wayland on amdgpu - Graphics & Display - Manjaro Linux Forum

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Hello @Yisus7u7 :wink: Obviously, the applications must support screen sharing on wayland with pipewire. As an example on chrome you need to enable this flag: chrome://flags/#enable-webrtc-pipewire-capturer and Firefox supports it out-of-the-box, but still there are many programs which relay on xo…

GNOME Discourse

discourse.gnome.org › desktop

Compatibility of the Radeon driver with Wayland - Desktop - GNOME Discourse

December 19, 2025 - Hello. I have a PC with an AMD-A10, and in several distributions that I have installed, I am having problems with the Wayland session because the kernel automatically assigns the radeon driver to my APU instead of the amdgpu driver. I have attempted to force the use of the amdgpu driver, but sometimes the system does not start and becomes unstable, so I have had to revert to the old radeon driver.

reddit.com › r/archlinux › arch/ kde plasma on wayland with amd gpu

r/archlinux on Reddit: Arch/ KDE plasma on Wayland with AMD GPU

July 12, 2024 -

How is the experience for this? I've tried multiple times to switch to Arch and have run into graphical, showstopper problems everytime. I currently run 2 Nvidia GPUs as I have 6 monitors.

I am looking to build a new machine. I am going to build a Ryzen 9950X when they come out and pair it with an AMD GPU, probably a 7900XT or 7900 XTX. The reason being, that I want to get away from Nvidia drivers. Will I have any issues with KDE plasma on wayland with this config?

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I have a 7900 XTX on an Arch based distro (Garuda) with two monitors of the same model & scale. Everything works flawlessly pretty much.

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I'm running KDE wayland with 7800 XT with no issues so far apart from GUI overclocking software not working as expected (corectrl). Manual CLI overclocking works fine, though.

EndeavourOS

forum.endeavouros.com › general system › kernel, boot, graphics & hardware

AMD/NVIDIA Laptop GPU's on Wayland: Almost Perfect - Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware - EndeavourOS

December 1, 2024 - Hi, It’s great to be able to use Wayland with switchable graphics: I have a laptop with a AMD Ryzen 5 5600H CPU (with integrated graphics) and a RTX 3060. This is the first distribution I’ve used which has this working almost “right out the box”. It’s pretty good, although scrolling ...

reddit.com › r/archlinux › wayland with an amd card

r/archlinux on Reddit: Wayland with an AMD Card

July 10, 2022 -

As a bit of a follow up from this post I made earlier, ended up getting a 6700xt. Been using sway and river and it's all worked flawlessly. No flickering with my 144hz monitor, I can finally scale my 4k monitor so it doesn't look tiny, everything you'd expect. Thanks for all the advice!

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Hey I remember you! Glad you went with AMD + Wayland, its super nice :)

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Have you not experienced any freezes/panics so far? I have a 6700xt and I'm unable to use it due to the previous things mentioned.

reddit.com › r/archlinux › how is wayland on nvidia vs amd these days?

r/archlinux on Reddit: How is Wayland on NVIDIA vs AMD these days?

June 5, 2022 -

I was considering getting a new GPU with the recent decrease in GPU prices and I was curious as to whether people had experience regarding Wayland recently. I had heard that NVIDIA improved their driver support regarding the newer cards but I've also generally heard more positive things regarding AMD's GPU support especially over the long run. Last time I had gave Wayland a shot (gtx 960 w/ both proprietary and nouvaeu) my 144hz flickered black about half the time if left at the full refresh rate so I ended up going back to X11.

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If you buy Nvidia, the SwayWM dev will personally come to your house and kill you.

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I tried it on my RTX 3080 and in the first 10 minutes I experienced multiple issues: Night light does not work on Gnome and KDE Corrupted text on Gnome Flickering start menu on KDE Electron apps behaved strangely and unpredictable to say the least, especially Discord. Frankly if you need to use Wayland I would suggest AMD or Intel for your next GPU.