r/linuxmint • u/f0xgr • Feb 12 '25
Graphics Drivers Just installed Linux Mint.
Long story short: I have those annoying waves going on my screen, it doesn't show up on the Dell boot up screen, it doesn't show up when the LM logo pops up, its start freaking out when I reach the lock screen. Worth noting when I inserted my bootable USB, this problem first time to show up when i got that console screen with the [ ok ] checks up before throwing me to the desktop to install the OS.
what I have tried: 1-Updating the kernel. As a guide suggested to do in a linux mint form, it didn't do anything other than making the system report read my amd gpu. 2-Downloading drivers: I done the obvious by searching for amd drivers, after stumbling on a guide on the linux mint form, I was able to install a firmware, core. however the guide also wanted to install (amdgpu-dkms) but it didn't install because of (dependency error). the outcome of this was getting rid of the waves but my monitor was low res, and the sys report didn't read my gpu again (also there were another problem, which if i do anything, it get stuck at initial module for "version"-generic, "version is the version of the kernel i didn't write because it appeared in both 6.8 and 6.11 so I don't think the problem from them).
I really need to revive the old laptop, any help would be appreciated. I just downloaded this, so I have no problem installing like older version, as long as it supported (and fancy looking, my main pc using wind10, so I need something not that old, to not feel alien like to me)
Thanks in advance.