Help installing AMD graphics drivers for my amd RX 9060 XT 8gb GPU

[Snotchy]

i got the right driver and i thought i installed it but nothing changed and i'm still running like 18fps, i went to this menu after opening the file and downloaded it

and after that software updater had some large weird update that seemed very promising and it said stuff about amd drivers in the details terminal, i did some little thing after it got to like 65% where i entered my login pin twice and then it put me in some safe mode thing, i restarted and such and went back into the normal mode and as i said before its not acting how it should and in the additional drivers thing it shows this

please help and tell me what to do step by step

[Forpli]

Here is a help site:

Activate AMD Radeon Graphics Card

Or you can take a look at this thread:

Radeon RX 9060 XT

Here is another compatible MESA PPA that can be used. It's not mine but i found it after Kisak offered an alpha state as stable. Ernst P Mesa

Unfortunately the OP, @DCooper, didn't write whether it helped, but if you don't hear anything anymore, the problem is often solved😀.

[Snotchy]

im not using a pro gpu and if these open source preloaded drivers even exist it sure aint doing anything...

[Aravisian]

What is your terminal output for

sudo lshw -C video

[Snotchy]

command not found

editing i spelled it wrong now the output is
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: c0
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller cap_list fb
configuration: depth=32 latency=0 resolution=1920,1080
resources: memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d01fffff ioport:e000(size=256) memory:fe600000-fe67ffff memory:c0000-dffff

[Aravisian]

That did not give us much... What we can see is that the Driver is Not Loaded.

What about:

lspci -nnk | grep -A3 VGA

Trying to identify what GPU you have.

[Snotchy]

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:7590] (rev c0)
Subsystem: XFX Limited Device [1eae:8650]
Kernel modules: amdgpu
03:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:ab40]

AMD RX 9060 XT 8GB is my gpu

[Aravisian]

@Snotchy

AMD RX 9060 XT 8GB is my gpu

Wow, this just released about a month ago...

@Snotchy

[AMD/ATI] Device [1002:7590]

The PCI ID is listing as if it is a 7600 series card, probably due to that being the highest available recognition.

I do not recommend trying to install the amdgpu-install through the Software Store. It is unlikely to provide the driver considering your card is so new.

I would recommend instead installing the Latest Linux Kernel. To do so, you must disable Secure Boot in the BIOS Settings, because Microsoft has not signed off on the latest Mainline Kernels.

[HOW TO] Easily install a later Kernel (Needs Net Connection)

Updated as of Mar 28 2025 To install the Mainline Installer: add the repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cappelikan/ppa Update sources and install: sudo apt update && sudo apt install mainline Launch Mainline from App Menu or terminal, and select the kernel you wish to test. To use TuxInvader Kernel: These are not Microsoft signed, so Secure Boot must be disabled in BIOS Settings. Add repository: If using Zorin OS 16: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxinvader/lts-mainline If usi…

[Snotchy]

im getting the latest... whatever those things in mainline is

[Aravisian]

@Snotchy

im getting the latest... whatever those things in mainline is

I do not follow what you mean...
You can check your current kernel with

uname -r

[Snotchy]

6.8.0-64-generic

[Aravisian]

Ok, please follow the linked guide above to get the 6.15 kernel (Or 6.16 if it offers it...)

[Snotchy]

ok but give me some time i gotta find where the heck i disable secure boot in my 2012 bios

[Snotchy]

ok i managed to turn off secure boot i ill get that kernel

its giving me alot of these and just overall alot of errors
and uname r still says generic

[Aravisian]

Often times, those warnings mark placeholders... you might reboot and test with

sudo lshw -C video

again.

But given that model of AMD GPU was released... June of 2025 this year... I have doubts that the drivers are available in the Linux kernel just yet.

[Snotchy]

ok i got this gpu today i just hope it don't take too long for support

[Forpli]

You'll need a new kernel and the newest mesa drivers. You can install them with adding a ppa like described in the links.

[Snotchy]

i installed the latest like 4 day old mesa one of you in this post suggested no how do i add whatever a ppa is and get a new kernel because on mainline it won't let me switch the kernel in use it only lets me download them

[Ponce-De-Leon]

But it shows You in Mainline that the Kernel is installed, yes? If Yes, You have to go to the GRUB Menu on Start Up and choose there ''Advanced Options'' and choose there the installed Kernel and then the System will start with this Kernel. How to set the Kernel as default, You can read here:

[HOW TO] set an older kernel to default boot

You may need to use an earlier kernel than the current kernel used by Zorin. This method allows you to set the kernel that you will boot into by default. To set the new kernel to default: Boot into the kernel you wish to be Saved. Open terminal and run: sudo nano /etc/default/grub Change GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to GRUB_DEFAULT=saved Hit enter to drop down a line. Add GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true ctrl+x to exit, then the y key to say yes to save, then the enter key to save as current configuration. Ru…

If You shouldn't have a GRUB Menu because You have only Zorin installed, you have to activate it first. For this open the Terminal and type:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Then You should see this:

Important is here the white Textblock. You have to change 2 Lines:

• GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
• GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

You have to replace hidden with menu and the 0 with 20 for Example (this is the Time how long the GRUB Menu will appear before it disappears and starts with default). At the End, it should look like this:

After You've typed in the Changes press ctrl+o to save the Changes, Enter to confirm and ctrl+x to exit. Back in the normal Terminal Overview don't forget to type sudo update-grub to make affect the Changes. Without that, it will not work.

[Snotchy]

ok i booted into this kernel

and i have newest mesa installed, when i got into the desktop software updater told me to get a bunch of graphics things that said stuff like mesa and vulkan and i got them now what