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I have been running Xubuntu 16.04 without any errors on just the generic drivers that come installed by default. I decided I wanted to play some video games so I installed the AMDGPU-PRO drivers by following the directions here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx



cd /tmp
tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.10-414273.tar.xz
cd amdgpu-pro-17.10-414273
./amdgpu-pro-install -y


now when I boot my computer, I see my motherboard startup screen and can access the bios, but if I try and boot the SSD my install is on, I just get a black screen it doesn't appear to be outputting a video signal. I've tried 3 monitors all with the same result, I am not too worried about getting AMDGPU-PRO drivers to work, just with getting my system bootable again. So my quesiton is how can I boot into a state that I can uninstall the drivers?



I've tried SSHing into my desktop from my laptop, but my desktop isn't responding to that.



For anyone looking into this currently, I never solved for 16.04, but a Radeon R9 390 with AMDGPU-PRO is working great on Ubuntu 18.04










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    I have been running Xubuntu 16.04 without any errors on just the generic drivers that come installed by default. I decided I wanted to play some video games so I installed the AMDGPU-PRO drivers by following the directions here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx



    cd /tmp
    tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.10-414273.tar.xz
    cd amdgpu-pro-17.10-414273
    ./amdgpu-pro-install -y


    now when I boot my computer, I see my motherboard startup screen and can access the bios, but if I try and boot the SSD my install is on, I just get a black screen it doesn't appear to be outputting a video signal. I've tried 3 monitors all with the same result, I am not too worried about getting AMDGPU-PRO drivers to work, just with getting my system bootable again. So my quesiton is how can I boot into a state that I can uninstall the drivers?



    I've tried SSHing into my desktop from my laptop, but my desktop isn't responding to that.



    For anyone looking into this currently, I never solved for 16.04, but a Radeon R9 390 with AMDGPU-PRO is working great on Ubuntu 18.04










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      I have been running Xubuntu 16.04 without any errors on just the generic drivers that come installed by default. I decided I wanted to play some video games so I installed the AMDGPU-PRO drivers by following the directions here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx



      cd /tmp
      tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.10-414273.tar.xz
      cd amdgpu-pro-17.10-414273
      ./amdgpu-pro-install -y


      now when I boot my computer, I see my motherboard startup screen and can access the bios, but if I try and boot the SSD my install is on, I just get a black screen it doesn't appear to be outputting a video signal. I've tried 3 monitors all with the same result, I am not too worried about getting AMDGPU-PRO drivers to work, just with getting my system bootable again. So my quesiton is how can I boot into a state that I can uninstall the drivers?



      I've tried SSHing into my desktop from my laptop, but my desktop isn't responding to that.



      For anyone looking into this currently, I never solved for 16.04, but a Radeon R9 390 with AMDGPU-PRO is working great on Ubuntu 18.04










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      I have been running Xubuntu 16.04 without any errors on just the generic drivers that come installed by default. I decided I wanted to play some video games so I installed the AMDGPU-PRO drivers by following the directions here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx



      cd /tmp
      tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.10-414273.tar.xz
      cd amdgpu-pro-17.10-414273
      ./amdgpu-pro-install -y


      now when I boot my computer, I see my motherboard startup screen and can access the bios, but if I try and boot the SSD my install is on, I just get a black screen it doesn't appear to be outputting a video signal. I've tried 3 monitors all with the same result, I am not too worried about getting AMDGPU-PRO drivers to work, just with getting my system bootable again. So my quesiton is how can I boot into a state that I can uninstall the drivers?



      I've tried SSHing into my desktop from my laptop, but my desktop isn't responding to that.



      For anyone looking into this currently, I never solved for 16.04, but a Radeon R9 390 with AMDGPU-PRO is working great on Ubuntu 18.04







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          Ran into this question while trying to solve the same problem, I solved it just by uninstalling amd driver.




          • Enter ubuntu Recovery mode while booting in.

          • Enable networking and mount file system using the recovery options.

          • Now "Drop to the root shell prompt".

          • Use amdgpu-pro-uninstall command to uninstall.


          "exit" and everything should be back to normal.






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          • I ended up reinstalling everything so I can't test this, but that definitely looks like what the right course of action would've been except I couldn't boot into grub to access recovery mode

            – kalenpw
            May 15 '17 at 18:09











          • Indeed the right approach! Got it removed with this method!

            – Numan
            Oct 1 '17 at 15:40



















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          I had the same issue it is because of the modification to the initrd file in /boot folder. You can recover by reverting to the old initrd file stored in /boot as initrd.dkms.old. I didn't know how to do that, so I just reinstalled the OS.



          Also, the amd install guide said that there is a amdgpu-pro-uninstall script in the extracted folder but there isn't.



          Update if you find a way to reverting to the old initrd or another way to fix the problem apart from re-installation.






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          • Yeah I ended up just reinstalling and am going to avoid amdgpu drivers a bit longer

            – kalenpw
            May 15 '17 at 18:08











          • This worked for me! Saved me hours of work not having to re-install. Thanks :)

            – Brannon
            Jul 18 '17 at 5:35











          • I found the amdgpu-pro-uninstall script was linked as /usr/bin/amdgpu-uninstall into /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ as part of the installation procedure. Their docs have not been updated to describe that departure from their instructions.

            – dune.rocks
            Jun 23 '18 at 22:25



















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          It seems that the amdgpu-pro-uninstall sh file is missing at least in my case
          However in the amdgpu-install.sh file there is an uninstall function called by dryrun



          if [[ "${OPTIONS[*]}" =~ "dryrun" ]]; then
          echo PACKAGES: ${PACKAGES[*]}
          amdgpu_pro_uninstall
          return 0
          fi


          Try /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/amdgpu-install --dryrun






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            Ran into this question while trying to solve the same problem, I solved it just by uninstalling amd driver.




            • Enter ubuntu Recovery mode while booting in.

            • Enable networking and mount file system using the recovery options.

            • Now "Drop to the root shell prompt".

            • Use amdgpu-pro-uninstall command to uninstall.


            "exit" and everything should be back to normal.






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            • I ended up reinstalling everything so I can't test this, but that definitely looks like what the right course of action would've been except I couldn't boot into grub to access recovery mode

              – kalenpw
              May 15 '17 at 18:09











            • Indeed the right approach! Got it removed with this method!

              – Numan
              Oct 1 '17 at 15:40
















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            Ran into this question while trying to solve the same problem, I solved it just by uninstalling amd driver.




            • Enter ubuntu Recovery mode while booting in.

            • Enable networking and mount file system using the recovery options.

            • Now "Drop to the root shell prompt".

            • Use amdgpu-pro-uninstall command to uninstall.


            "exit" and everything should be back to normal.






            share|improve this answer
























            • I ended up reinstalling everything so I can't test this, but that definitely looks like what the right course of action would've been except I couldn't boot into grub to access recovery mode

              – kalenpw
              May 15 '17 at 18:09











            • Indeed the right approach! Got it removed with this method!

              – Numan
              Oct 1 '17 at 15:40














            5












            5








            5







            Ran into this question while trying to solve the same problem, I solved it just by uninstalling amd driver.




            • Enter ubuntu Recovery mode while booting in.

            • Enable networking and mount file system using the recovery options.

            • Now "Drop to the root shell prompt".

            • Use amdgpu-pro-uninstall command to uninstall.


            "exit" and everything should be back to normal.






            share|improve this answer













            Ran into this question while trying to solve the same problem, I solved it just by uninstalling amd driver.




            • Enter ubuntu Recovery mode while booting in.

            • Enable networking and mount file system using the recovery options.

            • Now "Drop to the root shell prompt".

            • Use amdgpu-pro-uninstall command to uninstall.


            "exit" and everything should be back to normal.







            share|improve this answer












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            answered May 15 '17 at 12:13









            matrixisrealmatrixisreal

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            • I ended up reinstalling everything so I can't test this, but that definitely looks like what the right course of action would've been except I couldn't boot into grub to access recovery mode

              – kalenpw
              May 15 '17 at 18:09











            • Indeed the right approach! Got it removed with this method!

              – Numan
              Oct 1 '17 at 15:40



















            • I ended up reinstalling everything so I can't test this, but that definitely looks like what the right course of action would've been except I couldn't boot into grub to access recovery mode

              – kalenpw
              May 15 '17 at 18:09











            • Indeed the right approach! Got it removed with this method!

              – Numan
              Oct 1 '17 at 15:40

















            I ended up reinstalling everything so I can't test this, but that definitely looks like what the right course of action would've been except I couldn't boot into grub to access recovery mode

            – kalenpw
            May 15 '17 at 18:09





            I ended up reinstalling everything so I can't test this, but that definitely looks like what the right course of action would've been except I couldn't boot into grub to access recovery mode

            – kalenpw
            May 15 '17 at 18:09













            Indeed the right approach! Got it removed with this method!

            – Numan
            Oct 1 '17 at 15:40





            Indeed the right approach! Got it removed with this method!

            – Numan
            Oct 1 '17 at 15:40













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            I had the same issue it is because of the modification to the initrd file in /boot folder. You can recover by reverting to the old initrd file stored in /boot as initrd.dkms.old. I didn't know how to do that, so I just reinstalled the OS.



            Also, the amd install guide said that there is a amdgpu-pro-uninstall script in the extracted folder but there isn't.



            Update if you find a way to reverting to the old initrd or another way to fix the problem apart from re-installation.






            share|improve this answer
























            • Yeah I ended up just reinstalling and am going to avoid amdgpu drivers a bit longer

              – kalenpw
              May 15 '17 at 18:08











            • This worked for me! Saved me hours of work not having to re-install. Thanks :)

              – Brannon
              Jul 18 '17 at 5:35











            • I found the amdgpu-pro-uninstall script was linked as /usr/bin/amdgpu-uninstall into /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ as part of the installation procedure. Their docs have not been updated to describe that departure from their instructions.

              – dune.rocks
              Jun 23 '18 at 22:25
















            2














            I had the same issue it is because of the modification to the initrd file in /boot folder. You can recover by reverting to the old initrd file stored in /boot as initrd.dkms.old. I didn't know how to do that, so I just reinstalled the OS.



            Also, the amd install guide said that there is a amdgpu-pro-uninstall script in the extracted folder but there isn't.



            Update if you find a way to reverting to the old initrd or another way to fix the problem apart from re-installation.






            share|improve this answer
























            • Yeah I ended up just reinstalling and am going to avoid amdgpu drivers a bit longer

              – kalenpw
              May 15 '17 at 18:08











            • This worked for me! Saved me hours of work not having to re-install. Thanks :)

              – Brannon
              Jul 18 '17 at 5:35











            • I found the amdgpu-pro-uninstall script was linked as /usr/bin/amdgpu-uninstall into /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ as part of the installation procedure. Their docs have not been updated to describe that departure from their instructions.

              – dune.rocks
              Jun 23 '18 at 22:25














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            I had the same issue it is because of the modification to the initrd file in /boot folder. You can recover by reverting to the old initrd file stored in /boot as initrd.dkms.old. I didn't know how to do that, so I just reinstalled the OS.



            Also, the amd install guide said that there is a amdgpu-pro-uninstall script in the extracted folder but there isn't.



            Update if you find a way to reverting to the old initrd or another way to fix the problem apart from re-installation.






            share|improve this answer













            I had the same issue it is because of the modification to the initrd file in /boot folder. You can recover by reverting to the old initrd file stored in /boot as initrd.dkms.old. I didn't know how to do that, so I just reinstalled the OS.



            Also, the amd install guide said that there is a amdgpu-pro-uninstall script in the extracted folder but there isn't.



            Update if you find a way to reverting to the old initrd or another way to fix the problem apart from re-installation.







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            answered May 12 '17 at 18:12









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            • Yeah I ended up just reinstalling and am going to avoid amdgpu drivers a bit longer

              – kalenpw
              May 15 '17 at 18:08











            • This worked for me! Saved me hours of work not having to re-install. Thanks :)

              – Brannon
              Jul 18 '17 at 5:35











            • I found the amdgpu-pro-uninstall script was linked as /usr/bin/amdgpu-uninstall into /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ as part of the installation procedure. Their docs have not been updated to describe that departure from their instructions.

              – dune.rocks
              Jun 23 '18 at 22:25



















            • Yeah I ended up just reinstalling and am going to avoid amdgpu drivers a bit longer

              – kalenpw
              May 15 '17 at 18:08











            • This worked for me! Saved me hours of work not having to re-install. Thanks :)

              – Brannon
              Jul 18 '17 at 5:35











            • I found the amdgpu-pro-uninstall script was linked as /usr/bin/amdgpu-uninstall into /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ as part of the installation procedure. Their docs have not been updated to describe that departure from their instructions.

              – dune.rocks
              Jun 23 '18 at 22:25

















            Yeah I ended up just reinstalling and am going to avoid amdgpu drivers a bit longer

            – kalenpw
            May 15 '17 at 18:08





            Yeah I ended up just reinstalling and am going to avoid amdgpu drivers a bit longer

            – kalenpw
            May 15 '17 at 18:08













            This worked for me! Saved me hours of work not having to re-install. Thanks :)

            – Brannon
            Jul 18 '17 at 5:35





            This worked for me! Saved me hours of work not having to re-install. Thanks :)

            – Brannon
            Jul 18 '17 at 5:35













            I found the amdgpu-pro-uninstall script was linked as /usr/bin/amdgpu-uninstall into /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ as part of the installation procedure. Their docs have not been updated to describe that departure from their instructions.

            – dune.rocks
            Jun 23 '18 at 22:25





            I found the amdgpu-pro-uninstall script was linked as /usr/bin/amdgpu-uninstall into /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ as part of the installation procedure. Their docs have not been updated to describe that departure from their instructions.

            – dune.rocks
            Jun 23 '18 at 22:25











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            It seems that the amdgpu-pro-uninstall sh file is missing at least in my case
            However in the amdgpu-install.sh file there is an uninstall function called by dryrun



            if [[ "${OPTIONS[*]}" =~ "dryrun" ]]; then
            echo PACKAGES: ${PACKAGES[*]}
            amdgpu_pro_uninstall
            return 0
            fi


            Try /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/amdgpu-install --dryrun






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              It seems that the amdgpu-pro-uninstall sh file is missing at least in my case
              However in the amdgpu-install.sh file there is an uninstall function called by dryrun



              if [[ "${OPTIONS[*]}" =~ "dryrun" ]]; then
              echo PACKAGES: ${PACKAGES[*]}
              amdgpu_pro_uninstall
              return 0
              fi


              Try /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/amdgpu-install --dryrun






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                It seems that the amdgpu-pro-uninstall sh file is missing at least in my case
                However in the amdgpu-install.sh file there is an uninstall function called by dryrun



                if [[ "${OPTIONS[*]}" =~ "dryrun" ]]; then
                echo PACKAGES: ${PACKAGES[*]}
                amdgpu_pro_uninstall
                return 0
                fi


                Try /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/amdgpu-install --dryrun






                share|improve this answer













                It seems that the amdgpu-pro-uninstall sh file is missing at least in my case
                However in the amdgpu-install.sh file there is an uninstall function called by dryrun



                if [[ "${OPTIONS[*]}" =~ "dryrun" ]]; then
                echo PACKAGES: ${PACKAGES[*]}
                amdgpu_pro_uninstall
                return 0
                fi


                Try /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/amdgpu-install --dryrun







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