[07:02] <alkisg> Good morning everyone! The following card only works with "nomodeset" in 18.04, even with 4.20 kernel, any ways around it?
[07:02] <alkisg> 38:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raven Ridge [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] [1002:15dd] (rev c6)
[07:02] <alkisg> Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Vega [Radeon Vega 8 Mobile] [1002:15dd]  Kernel modules: amdgpu
[07:05] <alkisg> I also tried the x-swap ppa, with no noticable changes
[07:24] <alkisg> Hmm, I didn't try xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04, would that help?
[08:16] <tjaalton> no, since it's a kernel bug?
[08:17] <tjaalton> alkisg: what's the exact issue?
[08:17] <alkisg> tjaalton: the school reports black screen with the default settings, and limited resolutions with nomodeset
[08:18] <tjaalton> try amdgpu dkms from the amdgpu-pro tarball
[08:18] <alkisg> I thought the card was too new and it would need a newer kernel or something, so I tried -hwe first and 4.20 after, with no changes
[08:18] <tjaalton> i have a laptop with vega 8 mobile and it works fine
[08:18] <tjaalton> so it's not a generic failure
[08:18] <alkisg> Thank you, will do when the school contacts me again
[08:18] <alkisg> Gotcha
[08:18] <tjaalton> works with stock bionic too
[08:19] <tjaalton> if the dkms is still busted, it's best to file a bug upstream too
[08:20] <tjaalton> or you can build the kernel using https://cgit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux/log/?h=amd-18.50
[13:20] <tjaalton> q
[13:20] <tjaalton> uh