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I'm trying to install drivers for my I7 6700 and R9 390, but I never can make them work together.

Black screen, purple screen, no screen.

So where can I find working drivers for those 2 hardware items for the latest Ubuntu version?

Zanna
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Linux, unlike Windows, has a vastly different concept of "drivers." Most are built into the kernel itself, blocking the need for manual installation.

Now, more specifically to your question. Your processor, being a processor, requires no extra drivers on your system. The kernel has everything you need pre-packaged.

As for your graphics card, that gets a bit complicated. In olden times, there existed a package called fglrx, which was the set of drivers for Radeon graphics cards. However, as of 16.04, these drivers no longer exist. Instead, the system will automatically install (at initial OS installation/configuration) the appropriate driver, being either amdgpu or radeon. If you feel as though your system has installed the wrong driver somehow, you can manually force it by running one of the below commands:

sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-radeon # Radeon Driver
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu # Misc AMD Driver

Typically, you would never have to touch this. It is very likely that your problem is being caused by something else that manifests itself in a black screen.

I would recommend checking here first, and seeing if anything there helps you.

Kaz Wolfe
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