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?
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?
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.