[RESOLVED] Updating AMD GPU Drivers on Wayland

Jotunn · 2023-05-27 05:54:28

I have an AMD 7900XTX and need to upgrade my GPU drivers.
I have reviewed the ArchWiki page on this subject: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU
I am concerned by all of the mentions of xorg because my system uses Wayland.
Are the same instructions applicable or is there something I should be doing differently?

Last edited by Jotunn (2023-05-28 03:20:08)

Lone_Wolf · 2023-05-27 12:19:50

Most of the linux graphics stack comes from a lower level then X / wayland and is shared by them.

Archlinux is not an OS / distro where you update a part of the system but uses a rolling release method where you update everything everytime you update.

Jusr run pacman -Syu regularly and you will have the latest versions of all installed packages.

Incase you're considering to switch to mesa-git or mesa-minimal-git : they support and are needed by both .

Jotunn · 2023-05-27 22:31:27

Lone_Wolf wrote:

Just run pacman -Syu regularly and you will have the latest versions of all installed packages.
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So if I am running in to issues with my GPU which seem to be driver-related, then pacman -Syu should resolve them, and if it doesn't, then my issue is not likely the result of an old graphics driver?

Lone_Wolf · 2023-05-28 11:15:32

Correct.

If you get a message from an application about a to old graphics driver on an uptodate (recent pacman -Syu) archlinux, that usually means the app gets a result that doesn't fall in the range it expects and falls back to stating 'its to old' .

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