Installing AMD graphics driver on Ubuntu Server and running Verthashminer
On this video i try to show people how to install the latest graphics card driver from AMD, on the latest Ubuntu Server.
I’ll be using byobu as a way to optimize my time by executing some parallel tasks, but it maybe confusing for first timers.
The point is to get Ubuntu to use amdgpu driver instead of the standard radeon one, to the hardware.
Hope you enjoy.
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How to:
1. Fresh Ubuntu Server install with no packages except for ssh
2. Create Downloads and Documents folders (i do this just for my own sanity)
3. Download AMD drivers to Downloads (https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/linux/amdgpu-pro-20.50-1234664-ubuntu-20.04.tar.xz)
4. Download Verthashminer to Downloads (https://github.com/CryptoGraphics/VerthashMiner/releases/download/0.7.2/VerthashMiner-0.7.2-CUDA11-linux.tar.gz)
5. Download verthash.dat to Documents (or you allow the miner to create it for you. I rather download it from: https://vtc.suprnova.cc/verthash.dat)
6. untar AMD drivers and install
7. untar Verthashminer and create a miner script (mine_vertcoin.sh, again i do this for my own sanity)
8. reboot system and check if the graphics card already uses amdgpu driver
9. run mine_vertcoin.sh script
10. hopefully you reached success.
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