I have updated from Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04. While doing so the uprade failed and I ended up doing a fresh install of 20.04. Fortunately, I have my home folder on another drive so that was saved. There was still a lot to recover. The last item I am stuck on is getting my AMD Radeon 580 GPU working. AMD does not support drivers for Ubuntu after 16.04. I tried installing OPENCL from this below page. And, I hope I installed the right software.

https://rocmdocs.amd.com/en/latest/Installation_Guide/Installation-Guide.html

While following along with the advice of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efKjfBkjPlM

The object is to do a bit of GPU crypto mining using the xmrig program while my computer is idle.

To check for successful completion I have rocminfo and clinfo comands.

Result of rocminfo is:

joe@joeslinux:~$ /opt/rocm/bin/rocminfo

ROCk module is loaded

joe is member of video group

=====================    

HSA System Attributes    

=====================    

Runtime Version:         1.1

System Timestamp Freq.:  1000.000000MHz

Sig. Max Wait Duration:  18446744073709551615 (0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF) (timestamp count)

Machine Model:           LARGE                              

System Endianness:       LITTLE                             



==========               

HSA Agents               

==========               

*******                  

Agent 1                  

*******                  

  Name:                    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core Processor

  Marketing Name:          AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core Processor

  Vendor Name:             CPU                                

  Feature:                 None specified                     

  Profile:                 FULL_PROFILE                       

  Float Round Mode:        NEAR                               

  Max Queue Number:        0(0x0)                             

  Queue Min Size:          0(0x0)                             

  Queue Max Size:          0(0x0)                             

  Queue Type:              MULTI                              

  Node:                    0                                  

  Device Type:             CPU                                

  Cache Info:              

    L1:                      32768(0x8000) KB                   

  Chip ID:                 0(0x0)                             

  Cacheline Size:          64(0x40)                           

  Max Clock Freq. (MHz):   3400                               

  BDFID:                   0                                  

  Internal Node ID:        0                                  

  Compute Unit:            32                                 

  SIMDs per CU:            0                                  

  Shader Engines:          0                                  

  Shader Arrs. per Eng.:   0                                  

  WatchPts on Addr. Ranges:1                                  

  Features:                None

  Pool Info:               

    Pool 1                   

      Segment:                 GLOBAL; FLAGS: KERNARG, FINE GRAINED

      Size:                    65778612(0x3ebb3b4) KB             

      Allocatable:             TRUE                               

      Alloc Granule:           4KB                                

      Alloc Alignment:         4KB                                

      Acessible by all:        TRUE                               

    Pool 2                   

      Segment:                 GLOBAL; FLAGS: COARSE GRAINED      

      Size:                    65778612(0x3ebb3b4) KB             

      Allocatable:             TRUE                               

      Alloc Granule:           4KB                                

      Alloc Alignment:         4KB                                

      Acessible by all:        TRUE                               

  ISA Info:                

    N/A                      

*******                  

Agent 2                  

*******                  

  Name:                    gfx803                             

  Marketing Name:          Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]

  Vendor Name:             AMD                                

  Feature:                 KERNEL_DISPATCH                    

  Profile:                 BASE_PROFILE                       

  Float Round Mode:        NEAR                               

  Max Queue Number:        128(0x80)                          

  Queue Min Size:          4096(0x1000)                       

  Queue Max Size:          131072(0x20000)                    

  Queue Type:              MULTI                              

  Node:                    1                                  

  Device Type:             GPU                                

  Cache Info:              

    L1:                      16(0x10) KB                        

  Chip ID:                 26591(0x67df)                      

  Cacheline Size:          64(0x40)                           

  Max Clock Freq. (MHz):   1340                               

  BDFID:                   16640                              

  Internal Node ID:        1                                  

  Compute Unit:            36                                 

  SIMDs per CU:            4                                  

  Shader Engines:          4                                  

  Shader Arrs. per Eng.:   1                                  

  WatchPts on Addr. Ranges:4                                  

  Features:                KERNEL_DISPATCH 

  Fast F16 Operation:      FALSE                              

  Wavefront Size:          64(0x40)                           

  Workgroup Max Size:      1024(0x400)                        

  Workgroup Max Size per Dimension:

    x                        1024(0x400)                        

    y                        1024(0x400)                        

    z                        1024(0x400)                        

  Max Waves Per CU:        40(0x28)                           

  Max Work-item Per CU:    2560(0xa00)                        

  Grid Max Size:           4294967295(0xffffffff)             

  Grid Max Size per Dimension:

    x                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             

    y                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             

    z                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             

  Max fbarriers/Workgrp:   32                                 

  Pool Info:               

    Pool 1                   

      Segment:                 GLOBAL; FLAGS: COARSE GRAINED      

      Size:                    8388608(0x800000) KB               

      Allocatable:             TRUE                               

      Alloc Granule:           4KB                                

      Alloc Alignment:         4KB                                

      Acessible by all:        FALSE                              

    Pool 2                   

      Segment:                 GROUP                              

      Size:                    64(0x40) KB                        

      Allocatable:             FALSE                              

      Alloc Granule:           0KB                                

      Alloc Alignment:         0KB                                

      Acessible by all:        FALSE                              

  ISA Info:                

    ISA 1                    

      Name:                    amdgcn-amd-amdhsa--gfx803          

      Machine Models:          HSA_MACHINE_MODEL_LARGE            

      Profiles:                HSA_PROFILE_BASE                   

      Default Rounding Mode:   NEAR                               

      Default Rounding Mode:   NEAR                               

      Fast f16:                TRUE                               

      Workgroup Max Size:      1024(0x400)                        

      Workgroup Max Size per Dimension:

        x                        1024(0x400)                        

        y                        1024(0x400)                        

        z                        1024(0x400)                        

      Grid Max Size:           4294967295(0xffffffff)             

      Grid Max Size per Dimension:

        x                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             

        y                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             

        z                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             

      FBarrier Max Size:       32                                 

*** Done ***             

clinfo is a stranger.
Running clinfo, I got:

joe@joeslinux:~$ clinfo

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'cl::Error'

  what():  clGetPlatformIDs

Aborted (core dumped)

Running it from the directory got a different error:

joe@joeslinux:~$ /opt/rocm/opencl/bin/x86_64/clinfo

ERROR: clGetPlatformIDs(-1001)

Running it with sudo from the directory got what appears to be valid output.
joe@joeslinux:~$ sudo /opt/rocm/opencl/bin/x86_64/clinfo

Number of platforms:                 1

  Platform Profile:              FULL_PROFILE

  Platform Version:              OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3098.0)

  Platform Name:                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing

  Platform Vendor:               Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

  Platform Extensions:               cl_khr_icd cl_amd_event_callback cl_amd_offline_devices 





  Platform Name:                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing

Number of devices:               1

  Device Type:                   CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU

  Vendor ID:                     1002h

  Board name:                    Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]

  Device Topology:               PCI[ B#65, D#0, F#0 ]

  Max compute units:                 36

  Max work items dimensions:             3

    Max work items[0]:               1024

    Max work items[1]:               1024

    Max work items[2]:               1024

  Max work group size:               256

  Preferred vector width char:           4

  Preferred vector width short:          2

  Preferred vector width int:            1

  Preferred vector width long:           1

  Preferred vector width float:          1

  Preferred vector width double:         1

  Native vector width char:          4

  Native vector width short:             2

  Native vector width int:           1

  Native vector width long:          1

  Native vector width float:             1

  Native vector width double:            1

  Max clock frequency:               1340Mhz

  Address bits:                  64

  Max memory allocation:             7301444403

  Image support:                 Yes

  Max number of images read arguments:       128

  Max number of images write arguments:      8

  Max image 2D width:                16384

  Max image 2D height:               16384

  Max image 3D width:                2048

  Max image 3D height:               2048

  Max image 3D depth:                2048

  Max samplers within kernel:            26591

  Max size of kernel argument:           1024

  Alignment (bits) of base address:      1024

  Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype:    128

  Single precision floating point capability

    Denorms:                     No

    Quiet NaNs:                  Yes

    Round to nearest even:           Yes

    Round to zero:               Yes

    Round to +ve and infinity:           Yes

    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add:         Yes

  Cache type:                    Read/Write

  Cache line size:               64

  Cache size:                    16384

  Global memory size:                8589934592

  Constant buffer size:              7301444403

  Max number of constant args:           8

  Local memory type:                 Scratchpad

  Local memory size:                 65536

  Max pipe arguments:                16

  Max pipe active reservations:          16

  Max pipe packet size:              3006477107

  Max global variable size:          7301444403

  Max global variable preferred total size:  8589934592

  Max read/write image args:             64

  Max on device events:              1024

  Queue on device max size:          8388608

  Max on device queues:              1

  Queue on device preferred size:        262144

  SVM capabilities:              

    Coarse grain buffer:             Yes

    Fine grain buffer:               Yes

    Fine grain system:               No

    Atomics:                     No

  Preferred platform atomic alignment:       0

  Preferred global atomic alignment:         0

  Preferred local atomic alignment:      0

  Kernel Preferred work group size multiple:     64

  Error correction support:          0

  Unified memory for Host and Device:        0

  Profiling timer resolution:            1

  Device endianess:              Little

  Available:                     Yes

  Compiler available:                Yes

  Execution capabilities:                

    Execute OpenCL kernels:          Yes

    Execute native function:             No

  Queue on Host properties:              

    Out-of-Order:                No

    Profiling :                  Yes

  Queue on Device properties:                

    Out-of-Order:                Yes

    Profiling :                  Yes

  Platform ID:                   0x7fe7119b5d30

  Name:                      gfx803

  Vendor:                    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

  Device OpenCL C version:           OpenCL C 2.0 

  Driver version:                3098.0 (HSA1.1,LC)

  Profile:                   FULL_PROFILE

  Version:                   OpenCL 1.2 

  Extensions:                    cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_fp16 cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_media_ops2 cl_khr_image2d_from_buffer cl_khr_subgroups cl_khr_depth_images cl_amd_copy_buffer_p2p cl_amd_assembly_program 

clinfo and it’s folder are owned by 1001. I know that this means there is no owner 1001.

drwxrwxr-x  5 1001 1001 4096 May 17 22:28 opencl

I changed owner to root. Then I ran the clinfo command agaion, but that made no difference.

The program which I am trying to run is xmrig.

Here is the error line:

./xmrig ...



* OPENCL       disabled (failed to load OpenCL runtime)

Also note, that I have not run this xmrig mining program before, that is while on 16.04. I had used a different miner at that time.

Thank you in advance.