I need help enabling the amdgpu kernel driver

[Aravisian]

Modules are stored in a folder accessed by the kernel. Placing a module, whether manually or by using an installer into that folder - making it present in the folder - is "installed."

The Linux Kernel includes a large number of these modules as part of the build, including a large number that you do not use - in order to have universal functionality on the broad range of systems out there.
Present in the folder - does not mean your hardware supports those modules, correct.

You can disable it

sudo modprobe -r amdgpu

Or yes, as you suggest, remove:

sudo apt remove libdrm-amdgpu1 amdgpu*

[DarkBeluga]

@Aravisian

sudo apt remove libdrm-amdgpu1 amdgpu*

I did this without "amdgpu*" because it gave some errors, and now I'm stuck at a tty1 command line

Did I mess up?

[Aravisian]

@DarkBeluga

I did this without "amdgpu*" because it gave some errors, and now I'm stuck at a tty1 command line

What errors did it give?

@DarkBeluga

I did this without "amdgpu*"

So, the command you used was sudo apt remove libdrm-amdgpu1?

[DarkBeluga]

@Aravisian

What errors did it give?

It couldn't find some things so it ignored or replaced them

@Aravisian

So, the command you used was sudo apt remove libdrm-amdgpu1?

Yes

[Aravisian]

@DarkBeluga

It couldn't find some things so it ignored or replaced them

We really need more information on this... You say you ended up with no graphics.

Package management is particular.

In the meantime, just try:

sudo apt install --reinstall libdrm-amdgpu1 -y

in terminal and... see if you can boot into your desktop.

[DarkBeluga]

@Aravisian

We really need more information on this...

I should've paid more attention to that, my bad. It wasn't like ERROR, more like "some things didn't work as intended but anyway..."

@Aravisian

and... see if you can boot into your desktop.

Nope... I really admire you patience an will to help others though. I'm this close to reinstalling everything

[Aravisian]

Does

grep "remove" /var/log/apt/history.log

Show us what all was just removed?

[DarkBeluga]

Commandline: packagekit role='remove-packages'
Commandline: apt remove xfce4
Commandline: apt remove libdrm-amdgpu1

I don't remember doing that...

[Aravisian]

Hmmm...
That log is not as verbose as I would like...
Well, what about this?

@Aravisian

In the meantime, just try:

sudo apt install --reinstall libdrm-amdgpu1 -y

in terminal and... see if you can boot into your desktop.

[DarkBeluga]

Didn't work

[Aravisian]

@DarkBeluga

It couldn't find some things so it ignored or replaced them

I have a lot of concerns about this... Most often, I see output like this in regards to replacing 64 bit with 32 bit - usually disasterous.
I wish we knew more at this point.
But:

@DarkBeluga

I'm this close to reinstalling everything

If you are fine with reinstalling, then resetting the above to use Radeon driver instead of AMDGPU (Which as a side question... You installed the AMD Supplied AMDGPU pacakge? Or were you referring to the included AMDGPU in the Linux Kernel?), I think it is the safest and easiest option.

Using TTY or Terminal, I wonder if this may be helpful at this time, too:

[HOW TO] Easily reinstall programs when Reinstalling Zorin

Sometimes, bad things happen even to good people. Maybe it was a power outage or some spilled coffee... But whatever it was, you now must wipe and reinstall Zorin OS. What makes this particularly daunting is all your software you have installed must now be reinstalled. (EDIT: I am removing the script option as some report they work and some report they do not work. Y-PPA-Manager is a lot easier and works every time.) You can use Y PPA Manager GUI tool to back up your current repositories. Ru…

[DarkBeluga]

Does this work with different Zorin versions?

@Aravisian

Which as a side question... You installed the AMD Supplied AMDGPU pacakge? Or were you referring to the included AMDGPU in the Linux Kernel?

I'm not sure, I followed a bunch of videos and tutorials in forums and just downloaded what they said

[Aravisian]

@DarkBeluga

Does this work with different Zorin versions?

Does.. what work with different Zorin editions?

[DarkBeluga]

Sorry, I misread it

@Aravisian

If you are fine with reinstalling, then resetting the above to use Radeon driver instead of AMDGPU

How?

[Aravisian]

This?

I need help enabling the amdgpu kernel driver

The AMDGPU driver no longer supports the TeraScale 2 architecture used on the Radeon 7310. Neither of the above support Vulkan. Vulkan requires GCN (Graphics Core Next) 1.0 or newer, which replaced TeraScale. You also cannot easily toggle between older and newer drivers. So while you can enable the Radeon driver, it will mostly only work with older games. You must add a kernel parameter, since the AMD drivers are included in the Linux kernel. sudo nano /etc/default/grub Arrow key down to…

[DarkBeluga]

@Aravisian

What errors did it give?

I tried the Y PPA Manager tutorial you made and it gave the same warning

Should I just reinstall it? I didn't download much

[Aravisian]

@DarkBeluga

Should I just reinstall it? I didn't download much

I would. It is just easier.

Now, we know what that warning was...
Brave Browser repository lacks the GPG key.
That is not relevant to the graphics or the TTY issue.
It only means that apt won't pull from that repository for updates until the key is verified.
We can check that after reinstall...

[zenzen]

@Ponce-De-Leon

Oh, no! Am I getting hacked?

[Ponce-De-Leon]

All Your Base are belong to us, hahaha!