Fix OpenCL/GPU Acceleration for AMD Radeon on Ubuntu
March 30, 2026 · View on GitHub
Problem
Video editors had broken GPU acceleration. clinfo showed 0 platforms despite ROCm being installed.
Cause
ROCm OpenCL ICD (Installable Client Driver) was missing — /etc/OpenCL/vendors/ was empty.
Fix
sudo apt install rocm-opencl-icd
This creates /etc/OpenCL/vendors/amdocl64.icd.
Verification
clinfo | grep -E "Platform Name|Device Name|Device Board"
Originally documented ~Dec 2025.