That was it…
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OK, so it really doesnt want to configure the GPU.
Why do you need to configure it? Does it display anything if you leave it at default configuration?
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That’s the problem. Without OpenCL/Cuda automatically detected DR displays that error, and the option is then just select a GPU from an empty list. If there would be an OpenCL installed which can work with that GPU, and with Davinci too, that would be auto-detected, and the thing would (possibly) work.
At the moment it seems the prop. drivers of AMD is really needed in that particular setup.
How to really get it on Fedora, is way beyond me. 
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See the image below:
- DR opening:
- Unsupported GPU warning:
- Inside GPU configuration window:
In the image A= OpenCL box and B= No GPU is showing.
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In my opinion it would be easier to solve the problems with your USB2 ports in Debian, than to solve the problems with DR in Fedora.
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Can you uncheck those checkboxes of the ‘auto’ selection?
That one uncheck helped me use it with gt730 too…
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You had to force opencl for the hacked nvidia instead of the default cuda. That’s a different story, sadly…
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From what I read on the Davinci Resolve download website, it recommends using either Rocky Linux or CentOS, to run Davinci Resolve. Both are derivatives of Fedora.
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The other way around. But you are right, they are from the same family.
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You mean by Red Hat!!!
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Yes. I did. Nothing showed. That box is a blank box.
You can force DR to use the ‘Unsupported GPU’ only if it shows in the ‘B’ marked box in the 3rd image I have posted previously. But here, in Fedora, it is showing nothing. Just a blank box. My GT730 also showed up there, in the ‘B’ box but that graphics gave me only 1600 x 900 pixel resolution whereas my monitor has 1920 x 1080 pixel highest resolution and GT 730 could handle it. In Windows, there is no problem. DR is working fine with this graphics card. Screen resolution also at its peak. The only difference is in Windows, I have installed the proprietary driver for this card which came in the bundled CD but here, in Fedora, the embedded AMDGPU Free version is being used.
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Doesnt AMD have its own proprietary drivers like nvidia?
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But what if DR does the same annoying thing in Debian? It is my speculation that, DR would do the same annoying thing in Debian and I would need to install the Pro driver. Besides, I have setup Fedora as my requirements and it installs all the drivers for all the components by default. I didn’t have to tear my hairs on why my USB 2 ports are not working, why my WiFi is not working etc. Plus, I don’t have a 3rd SSD so that I can install Debian in it because as I have experienced and have been advised that dual booting between two different distros with different code base in a single disk is something which me like absolute newbies should not mess with and I respected that advice.
Actually DR is the only decent video editing software in Linux. If it would be Windows, I would not bother to spend time for it and it also doesn’t do such annoying things as Windows a.k.a Microsoft doesn’t much encourage FREE software movement though they make profit out of it. But in Linux, there is almost no choice. But one thing I must admit that if a software doesn’t work in Windows, then there is nothing anyone can do. But in Linux, we can do absolutely anything to make things work. If I would be a developer, I would probably tear the AMD Pro driver apart and compile something which would work for me. That option is there. Windows is and was never your OS. You don’t own Windows. You are renting it for your use. But Linux, it is YOUR OWN OS. You can do whatever you want like you OWN it. Linux gives that power to its users and that is the beauty of this amazing OS and you don’t have to pay for it. I love Linux for this. There are many talented people in this, what they call ‘THIRD WORLD’, who cannot afford to spend thousands and thousands of Rupees or Taka or whatever their currency is, to provide foods on their family table. If they would have that, they would invest in secured funds and earn a decent monthly income and live happily ever-after.
I need to make DR work, whatever it takes. I need only guidance as I know nothing about Linux. I don’t even know why I would put a ‘-’ infront of ‘y’ and I really don’t have that much time to learn Linux inside out because I am not at the age of @TypeHrishi. I have left my prime time behind me a long ago. At an age of 52, I am waiting for the calling. Some of my friends have already responded to their call. I don’t know when I will be called upon. But till that day, I need to survive and for that I need to work and I also need to complete some jobs which are not related to my work, but related to my heart. So, I have to make things work in Linux. I have to, no matter what.
Yes. It has and I don’t know how to install it because it is hard to find. As AMD gifted their source to Linux, they might thought no body would need the Pro driver for Linux. But the thing is, the Pro driver must have some codes, which some applications need. So, as it is hard to find, it also lacks the proper documentation and for that, it is hard to implement for me like absolute newbies.
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Have you checked this: https://www.amd.com/en/support/download/linux-drivers.html
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Yep. I downloaded that but it didn’t make any difference. I think, it is not the PRO driver.
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The pro driver is at the bottom of the webpage I shared
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I think I saw that the pro-driver comes as a .deb file. Therefore it should be easy to install in Debian.
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The difference is that the free amdgpu driver works well , while the free noveau driver leaves a lot to be desired.
So nvidia users tend to want the proprietary driver, whereas most AMD users are happy with the free driver.
DB is a special case. It seems to need some extra GPU controls provided by a package called AMD Software Pro Edition. I think this package is an addon, rather than a complete set of proprietary drivers… not sure?
" AMDGPU PRO OpenGL is a proprietary, binary userland driver, which works on top of the open-source amdgpu kernel driver. "
So , yes, it is only an addon, not a new set of drivers.
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I’m not either.
I started my journey with Linux around 2008 with an atom based motherboard which I intended to use as a NAS-like thing, and I was stingy, I was sorry for the money for a Windows license, so came Linux in my sight. It was love at first sight, still took me 10 years to ditch Windows.
Well, almost. I see something for Redhat too.
And the .debs are meant for Ubuntu (and maybe derivatives, like Mint) on Debian it lacks dependecies. (I could manage to workaround the missing dependencies)
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