Install drivers for Intel integrated GPU in Ubuntu 18.04 for DaVinci Resolve 17?

Question

My GPU is this

VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)

I have installed DaVinci Resolve 17 on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine, but when starting resolve it shows Unsupported GPU Mode error.

Then in configuration it shows no GPU to select.

I have seen this command for Nvidia sudo apt install nvidia-driver nvidia-opencl-icd libcudal libnvidia-encodel, but it doesn't work for this iGPU. Is there a way to fix this?

Solution 1

I had the same problem, but installing the latest intel-cl drivers as described on the developer-page helped: https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/blob/master/opencl/doc/DISTRIBUTIONS.md Cheers M

Solution 2

DaVinci Resolve Minimum System Requirements

GPU memory

• 512MB – Forget about it
• 1GB – You’ll be okay with basic HD ProRes work, checking RAW files but avoid noise reduction and optical flow.
• 1.5GB – Approaching the absolute minimum to use Resolve with some level of complexity in HD. Noise reduction and optical flow will still be problematic. I’ve made a 1.5GB Intel Iris Pro GPU work well on a iMac and Macbook Pro, and manage to render a full 4K delivery.
• 2GB – A comfortable HD experience, limited 4K work.
• 4GB – Minimum for comfortable 4K work.
• 6GB – You can tackle pretty much everything a project is likely to require.
• 8GB+ – You can actually tackle everything any project is likely to require.

Solution 3

Double check what hardware you actually have.

Intel graphics are integrated. If you don't have a dedicated GPU, that means that your CPU is also your iGPU.

If you're currently operating a desktop environment, then your graphics drivers are already installed and working.

If you didn't have a working iGPU or a GPU you would not be able to use a desktop environment.

Furthermore, unless you have a NVIDIA GPU, you have no use for NVIDIA graphics cards' drivers. In fact, if you forced the installation with incompatible hardware, you could very well break your system.

I don't know anything about your application, but it suggests to me that you may have set a wrong setting in that application. If you do not have a dedicated GPU and you are supposed to choose between CPU and GPU processing, you must probably select CPU.

After a quick search from my favorite search engine using the terms "DaVinci Resolve 17 minimum system requirements", it seems to suggest that a dedicated GPU is a requirement to run the software.

Comments

[mikewhatever]

It looks like the hardware is not up to the task. You need to use a supported GPU. richardlackey.com/davinci-resolve-system-requirements

[Admin]

apt-get install intel-opencl-icd should do the trick.

[NotTheDr01ds]

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu and thank you for your answer. We try to discourage "link-only" answers here, so I'd ask that you try to include at least a summary of the steps you performed. Looking at the Github page you linked, it seems like the Ubuntu 18.04 (per the question) instructions are only three lines anyway, so it really doesn't make sense not to include them here.

[ThunderBird]

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[Edin]

Thank alot! it worked!

[Iman H]

worked on ubuntu 20.04

[Abhay]

Thanks it works

[djnotes]

Thank you man! Amazing it worked!

[fsevenm]

Worked on Ubuntu 21.10 😍. GPU Intel UHD Comet Lake GT2.

[Admin]

Just install sudo apt install intel-opencl-icd