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I am running ubuntu 16.04.4 with budgie desktop - I just installed mesa's vulkan drivers, and when I run vulkaninfo, I can see the gpu it uses is my intel ivy bridge igpu instead of my radeon hd 7870. is there a way i can get it to use the proper gpu?

thanks!

Editing to show the output of lshw -c video like dobey wanted

$ sudo lshw -c video
      *-display               
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition]
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:33 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f7b00000-f7b3ffff ioport:e000(size=256) memory:c0000-dffff
  *-display
       description: Display controller
       product: Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 09
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:32 memory:f7400000-f77fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64)
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  • What driver is being used for the radeon card right now? (sudo lshw -c video should show details, if you can [edit] your question to include that info please) – dobey Mar 07 '18 at 22:38
  • hi dobey - added the output you wanted. – zen Mar 08 '18 at 21:27
  • It looks like the radeon driver is being used. I'm not sure if Vulkan is supported on that driver, or on your card. I'm also not sure if that card is supported by amdgpu driver either. – dobey Mar 08 '18 at 21:51
  • hmm ok - i have tried to install the amdgpu pro drivers with little success - i couldnt log in the last time i tried :( – zen Mar 09 '18 at 10:47
  • hi dobey - this page seems to suggest the HD 7800 series cards are supported by the amdgpu pro driver? https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx – zen Mar 13 '18 at 23:44
  • It suggests it is supported by the pro driver, yes. You may be able to blacklist the radeon driver, to see if amdgpu gets picked up. You may not need to install the pro driver, though I suppose if you want Vulkan, you may need the pro drivers. – dobey Mar 14 '18 at 14:43

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