Sorry for my newbie question, but I don’t know where else to ask. I have tried several other forums, but here is my problem.
I have an amd radeon r9 390 gpu. Using Ubuntu 16.04 - kernel: 4.14.6-041406-generic
I am using oibaf’s ppa Updated Open Graphics Drivers - since 2011! : Oibaf
glxinfo | grep OpenGL
Gives the following output:
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.14.6-041406-generic, LLVM 5.0.1)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 17.4.0-devel
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 17.4.0-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 17.4.0-devel
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
X server version: X.Org X Server 1.18.4
I followed the installation guide at LunarXchange
When I run type “vulkaninfo” I get the following output:
Vulkan API Version: 1.0.65
Instance Extensions:
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Instance Extensions count = 10
VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities: extension revision 1
VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2: extension revision 1
VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_surface : extension revision 25
VK_KHR_wayland_surface : extension revision 6
VK_KHR_xcb_surface : extension revision 6
VK_KHR_xlib_surface : extension revision 6
VK_EXT_debug_report : extension revision 8
/tmp/SDK-DEV/Build/Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers/demos/vulkaninfo.c:1670: failed with VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
I previously had vulkan working with amd-gpu-pro driver. But I decided to try this oibaf’s ppa for playing World of Warcraft with better performance. Any suggestions to what my problem is, or to further troubleshooting the problem?