PSA for those using DaVinci Resolve with AMD GPUs, don't install ROCM 7.2, stay on 7.1.1 (programming.dev)

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Been fighting this bug for a while now, but since I updated rocm to 7.2 DaVinci resolve died.

Took me a while to track down that it was rocm until I ran across an endeavour os post about it. But if you’ve noticed that resolve stopped loading and not showing errors, Try downgrading rocm and trying again.

Endevour OS Post: https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/can-t-use-davinci-resolve-studio-crash-to-desktop/77870/11

AUR post which the Endevour OS post was referring to: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/davinci-resolve-studio#comment-1058336

If you need to downgrade your amdgpu-install package, AMD's repo link is here https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu-install/

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[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you for checking in with this. Strangely it seems to work fine for other people using different distros. Will follow up internally.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I am also running an edge case with an iGPU and a Laptop. Let me know if you want me to run or try anything else.

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Harry (from the github thread) hasn't been able to repro on Ubuntu so far

I'm curious if you've been using --usecase=graphics on install?

More info here: https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/radeon-ryzen/en/latest/docs/install/installrad/native_linux/install-radeon.html#install-amd-unified-kernel-mode-gpu-driver-rocm-and-graphics

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

OK, I've tried it. A amdgpu-uninstall, and a purge of amdgpu-install. With a re-install of "amdgpu-install_7.2.1.70201-1_all.deb" followed by amdgpu-install --usecase=graphics and it's loads. But with no OpenCL davinci is confused with GPU and refuses to launch.

I then run my prior command to install OpenCL, and it still crashes on boot. Is there a log I can share.

Also I am on Linux Mint (I know it's Ubuntu), but I am hopeful there aren't much different between the two version.

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

appreciate the info, will pass this on

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I uploaded a quick video about the issue for Github. Passing it along to you as well :)

https://youtu.be/U6zrLRdR8wU

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

appreciate you 😊

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

NP, I know what I am doing is an edge case, so I’d love to help get it fixed if possible.

Just let me know what I need to do and I’ll test it.

Also if you need footage or screenshots I can also provide that too if it makes it easier to triage.

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