On 2021-07-10 at 21:30, Geoff wrote: > The Wanderer wrote: > >> (Warning, this is fairly long, and the situation involved includes >> a fair number of potentially-moving pieces.) >> >> >> I've recently built a new computer, installed Debian, configured it >> to largely match my previous setup, and migrated my data across. >> >> Now, I'm trying to take advantage of one of the hardware >> improvements over the system I migrated away from: a newer, >> better-performing GPU. In particular, I want to run software which >> makes use of the Vulkan API for improved graphics performance. > > I have an nvidia card but afaik the AMD driver is part of the kernel, > what kernel version are you running? If your on stable and haven't > already try getting a kernel from backports. I think you're referring to the 'amdgpu' driver, correct? As I indicated in my original post, that driver is already in use, and in fact I already have (what appears to be) 3D acceleration via OpenGL. It's just Vulkan that doesn't seem to see the card. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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