Does xorg/X11 support Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] from AMD/ATI?

[Vladimir Dergachev]

This depends on the card and the manufacturer. For NVidia, there are 
usually close-sourced NVidia drivers and an open source noveau driver that 
might take some time to catchup for a newer card.

In contrast, AMD provides full open source drivers, and there is a release 
page with a June 2024 release:

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-AMDGPU-UNIFIED-LINUX-24-10-3.html

Since you card is around 2 years old, chances are the support is already 
in a newer Linux release, thus I suggest you first try the latest Ubuntu 
version on a usb stick. If this works this is good news.

Alternatively, try installing AMD drivers from a link above.

best

Vladimir Dergachev

On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, William Bulley wrote:

> I don't understand how xorg deals with newer hardware, but I
> suspect this device (Rembrandt [Radeon 680M]) being rather
> new, may not yet be supported.  Can someone please explain?
>
> Thank you in advance.  Have a great day!
>
> -- 
> William Bulley
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