kernel 5.4.0-58 causes old amd radeon to stop working

Question

I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my machine.. it has old gpu, Amd Radeon 8570M. it works fine with the default kernel, 5.4.0-26. But after I installed some App that uses DKMS, the kernel got updated to 5.4.0-58 and my gpu is not working anymore..

after that I planned to install the amdgpu driver from AMD official website but my GPU is not supported anymore. how can I fix this? I've tried installing old driver from AMD but it refuses to install.. I'm in confusion right now :(

lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' shows :

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Lenovo 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915

What "app" did you install? Most likely the problem is with it. Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' terminal command. What do you mean by "my gpu is not working anymore"? — Pilot6, Dec 24 '20 at 14:17
I installed Autodesk EAGLE and VirtualBox. but this problem actually happens to me from 1 month ago when I'm installing amdgpu driver to overclock my gpu — Putra Adriansyah, Dec 24 '20 at 14:31
Your adapter isn't detected by PCI. It is not a software issue. Try to take it out, clean and sit back properly. Or maybe you've burnt it by overclocking ;-) — Pilot6, Dec 24 '20 at 14:35
You can always boot with a previos kernel and check if it works there. — Pilot6, Dec 24 '20 at 14:35
It's a broken laptop converted to PC. with only board and VGA display.. I can't remove the GPU — Putra Adriansyah, Dec 24 '20 at 14:46
I posted this with my 5.4.0-26 kernel :) it seems like 5.4.0-58 broke my amd related files/softwares :( now even with 5.4.0-26 amd wont work :'( — Putra Adriansyah, Dec 24 '20 at 14:47
my device have amd gpu :-) it's working at the morning.. its a Lenovo 20235 — Putra Adriansyah, Dec 24 '20 at 14:50
But lspci doesn't prove it ;-) What does plain lspci show? — Pilot6, Dec 24 '20 at 14:51
Hmm, I'm more confused now :( wait i recheck my other settings — Putra Adriansyah, Dec 24 '20 at 14:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '20 at 16:51

It turns out my AMD Radeon HD 8570M is working again (Yay! :D).

I followed instruction from this link but I installed linux-firmware too. I dont know if linux-firmware is related to my issue or not. I just followed the instruction and applying my fix (installing linux firmware and 3x reboots). and now my 8570M works :D

kernel 5.4.0-58 causes old amd radeon to stop working

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