AMD RX Series GPU setup for Mining

AMD-Radeon-GPU-Linux-setup.md

Running AMD Radeon GPUS on Ubuntu 16.04

Cards tested (so far):

Model	Released
Radeon RX 550	April 2017
Radeon RX 560	April 2017
Radeon HD 7800 Series	March 2012

Install 17.40.2712 Beta Linux Driver

amdgpu-pro-17.40.2712-510357 is the ONLY driver that works for RX 550

Update packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo reboot

Update & Check PCI devices:

sudo update-pciids 
lspci | grep VGA

Download driver & extract:

wget --referer=http://support.amd.com https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/beta/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-17.40.2712-510357.tar.xz
tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.40.2712-510357.tar.xz

Install Linux driver:

cd amdgpu-pro-17.40.2712-510357
chmod u+x ./amdgpu-pro-install
sudo ./amdgpu-pro-install --compute -y
# ......
sudo reboot

Add yourself to the 'video' group:

sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME
sudo reboot

Test groups & GPUs detected:

groups | grep video
clinfo | grep 'Board'

Install clinfo:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ocl-icd-opencl-dev
sudo apt install clinfo
sudo reboot

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Notes compiled from:

• http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-Pro-Beta-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx
• http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/812421/how-to-install-amdgpu-pro-in-ubuntu-16-04
• http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/796770/how-to-install-libopencl-so-on-ubuntu

other_notes.md

Other notes

Copy files from USB

## lsblk
sudo mkdir /media/usb
## find device
sudo fdisk -l
# mount it
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usb -o uid=1000,gid=100,utf8,dmask=027,fmask=137

Other drivers I've tested

# wget --referer=http://support.amd.com https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/beta/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-17.40-483984.tar.xz
# wget --referer=http://support.amd.com https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-17.50-511655.tar.xz

(optional) Install AMD-APP-SDK

cd amdGPU
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/atlas-shapes/AMD-APP-SDKInstaller-v3.0.130.136-GA-linux64.tar.bz2
tar -vxjf AMD-APP-SDKInstaller-v3.0.130.136-GA-linux64.tar.bz2
sudo ./AMD-APP-SDK-v3.0.130.136-GA-linux64.sh
sudo reboot

Install/Configure the Optional ROCm Component

sudo apt install -y rocm-amdgpu-pro

env vars for OpenCL

# echo 'export LLVM_BIN=/opt/AMDAPPSDK-3.0/bin/x86_64' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/amdgpu-pro.sh
echo 'export LLVM_BIN=/opt/amdgpu-pro/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/amdgpu-pro.sh
echo 'setenv LLVM_BIN /opt/amdgpu-pro/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/amdgpu-pro.csh

cleanup:

sudo apt autoremove

More ROCm notes: https://rocm.github.io/ROCmInstall.html

Next

Install a miner

fix for missing RX 550 device in clinfo:

$ sudo apt-get install mesa-opencl-icd

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fix for bad install:

$ sudo dpkg --purge --force-all <package-with-unmet-deps>

Works like a charm! Thanks.

Got it working on Ubuntu 16.04.4 with a Sapphire Nitro Radeon RX 570. Thanks for the guide!

my first step on mining THANKS A LOT