Linux GPU fan control help

[LegoPadawan]

So I'm fairly new to Linux, and I've just reinstalled Ubuntu 20.04.1 with a KDE Plasma desktop/front end as my only OS on my desktop again, but as I was streaming yesterday I noticed that my GPU fans were set to their stock fan curves which are super loud and like a jet turbine.

 

I'd love to know where I can find the AMD graphical interface for their RX580 cards like AMD has built into their drivers on Windows, or how to install such a software. I've been looking around for a couple days now and haven't been able to find anything aside from the AMD provided Linux drivers which I can't figure out how to extract because it's a .tar.xz file.

 

Thanks a bunch guys, you're all awesome!

 

System specs if they help:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF

RAM: Patriot Viper 16GB 3400MHz

GPU: Gigabyte AMD RX580 8GB

MotherBoard: Gigabyte B450 Pro WiFi

OS is running on a 512GB NVME M.2 SSD.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

3 minutes ago, LegoPadawan said:

AMD provided Linux drivers which I can't figure out how to extract because it's a .tar.xz file.

tar -xf amddrivernamehere.tar.xz

doesnt work?

[LegoPadawan]

43 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

tar -xf amddrivernamehere.tar.xz

doesnt work?

Well, I managed to get that to work, and it looks like it's installed already, but I don't have an icon for the app, almost as if it didn't install at all. I'll give that a try again just to make sure.

[LegoPadawan]

7 minutes ago, LegoPadawan said:

Well, I managed to get that to work, and it looks like it's installed already, but I don't have an icon for the app, almost as if it didn't install at all. I'll give that a try again just to make sure.

This is what I've been getting. I guess I was wrong about getting it to install. I thought I managed to get that working, but I guess I didn't.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

are uyou typing th name right?

 

[LegoPadawan]

10 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

are uyou typing th name right?

 

I copied it from the name in the file, so it should be good. I also tried directing the terminal to the downloads folder specifically by copying the file path, and then running the tar command. It said that the directory existed, and that was it.

[LegoPadawan]

On 12/29/2020 at 1:01 PM, LegoPadawan said:

I copied it from the name in the file, so it should be good. I also tried directing the terminal to the downloads folder specifically by copying the file path, and then running the tar command. It said that the directory existed, and that was it.

So I wound up having to rebuild my OS and it looks like it didn't install very well the last time. I also found a few more videos that gave me better insight as to what was going on. Turns out I had the wrong drivers for my system and that's why they weren't installing properly. Course that was what I found after totally breaking Ubuntu so that I got log in loops and no way to fix them without rebuilding....cé là vé.