DaVinci Resolve 21 On AMD Linux - Completely Rebuilt And It Finally Works

DaVinci Resolve on AMD cards on Linux has always been my white whale. I've had an RX 5600, a 9060 XT, and every version of the installer has needed something different to get it working. With Resolve 21 adding the new photo page, I've completely rewritten the AMD installer from scratch. No more AUR dependency — it's fully native now, just like the Nvidia and Intel versions.

If you're on Omarchy with an AMD card and you want Resolve — including the new photo editing module — this is the video.

WHAT'S NEW IN THIS INSTALLER

The previous version pulled the installer from the AUR. This one is homegrown so I can control it properly if anything changes upstream. It works like the Nvidia and Intel installers — download Resolve from Blackmagic, drop it in your downloads folder, clone the script, run it.

ROCm 7.2 breaks DaVinci Resolve. The script pins ROCm to 7.1 and locks it there so future updates won't pull in the broken version. When 7.3 is confirmed working, I'll update the script to allow it through.

The audio patch is included — the same fix from the Nvidia and Intel versions. Resolve fights with PipeWire over the audio device, the render timer runs but nothing renders. The script creates a dummy loopback device that routes everything cleanly. Fixed.

Hyprland mouse capture issues and errors from Hyprland updates have been resolved. The AMD GPU detection logic has been overhauled, including a matrix for laptops with both AMD integrated graphics and a discrete AMD GPU — it locks onto the dGPU correctly.

CARD COMPATIBILITY

Certain RX 6000 series, RX 7000 series, and all RX 9000 series cards are supported. The full compatibility list is in the readme on Git. There are workarounds for some cards that need to be spoofed to get detected.

THE INSTALL

Download Resolve from Blackmagic, put the zip in your downloads folder. Go to no-signal.uk, find the AMD Resolve installer, copy the clone command, run it. It checks your system, pins ROCm, downloads dependencies, installs Resolve, and patches audio. Set UI scaling to 150% on first launch.

For Studio licence holders — chmod 777 the licence file before entering your key.

THE EXPERIENCE

It's not instant like Nvidia with CUDA. AMD runs on OpenCL which means there's a lag when effects first load — up to 60 seconds for the initial render to kick in. After that it settles down and is perfectly usable for editing. Colour grading works, the photo page works, exports work.

The photo page is still in beta so there are quirks — I hit a render queue issue during the video that needed a Resolve restart. Beta 2 is already out so these should improve. The video editing side works fine.

WHO THIS IS FOR

If you're on Omarchy, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Garuda, or Manjaro with Hyprland as your desktop, this should work. It's built for Hyprland specifically. If you're running a different compositor you may need to adjust.

A lot of Linux users are on AMD cards because they worked out of the box for years. Getting Resolve running properly on them has been a long road but this installer makes it straightforward.

THE SCRIPT

On no-signal.uk and Git. Clone it, run it, edit photos.

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