ubuntu:gpu:drivers:get_the_currently_used_graphics_driver
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Ubuntu - GPU - Drivers - Get the currently used graphics driver
sudo lshw -c video
returns:
*-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0 logical name: /dev/fb0 version: c8 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb configuration: depth=32 driver=amdgpu latency=0 mode=3440x1440 resolution=3440,1440 visual=truecolor xres=3440 yres=1440 resources: iomemory:f00-eff iomemory:f80-f7f irq:129 memory:f000000000-f7ffffffff memory:f800000000-f80fffffff ioport:e000(size=256) memory:fcb00000-fcbfffff memory:fcc00000-fcc1ffff
NOTE: This shows that the Graphics Driver is amdgpu.
- It also shows an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX GPU is being used.
Check the kernel modules
Determine the PCI Bus
lspci | grep -i vga
returns:
0c:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] (rev c8)
NOTE: This shows the unique PCI bus address of 0c:00.0.
Use the PCI bus to check what kernel modules are being used
lspci -s 0c:00.0 -v
returns:
0c:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] (rev c8) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 240e Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 129, IOMMU group 27 Memory at f000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32G] Memory at f800000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at e000 [size=256] Memory at fcb00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Expansion ROM at fcc00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: amdgpu Kernel modules: amdgpu
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