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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +name: rocm-doctor |
| 3 | +description: >- |
| 4 | + Diagnoses why ROCm, the HIP SDK, PyTorch, or llama.cpp is broken on an |
| 5 | + AMD GPU on Linux or Windows, and either applies a low-risk fix with |
| 6 | + consent or hands back the exact next step. Also routes Lemonade, LM |
| 7 | + Studio, and Ollama issues to the right upstream channel. Use when the |
| 8 | + user reports that ROCm or HIP isn't working, torch.cuda.is_available() |
| 9 | + is False Ryzen AI, rocminfo or hipInfo can't see the GPU, |
| 10 | + or hits hipErrorNoBinaryForGpu, |
| 11 | + HSA_STATUS_ERROR_INVALID_ISA, invalid device function, missing |
| 12 | + amdhip64_6.dll, vcruntime140_1.dll, or libamdhip64.so, cannot open |
| 13 | + /dev/kfd, ROCk module not loaded, an Adrenalin driver too old for the |
| 14 | + HIP SDK, or a ROCm wheel that doesn't recognize gfx1151, gfx1150, or |
| 15 | + gfx1103; or mentions HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION, |
| 16 | + HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES, PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH, render-group permissions, |
| 17 | + amdgpu blacklist, Secure Boot, iGPU/dGPU collisions, or multi-GPU |
| 18 | + hangs. Do not use for non-AMD GPUs, performance |
| 19 | + tuning, or ROCm-on-WSL2. |
| 20 | +--- |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +# ROCm Doctor |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +Given a "ROCm/PyTorch/llama.cpp isn't working on my AMD GPU" complaint, |
| 25 | +identify which **known misconfiguration** is the cause and either fix it |
| 26 | +or hand back the exact next step. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +This is a diagnose-and-fix skill, not a setup or tuning skill. The |
| 29 | +catalog of failure modes is a **closed list** that lives in |
| 30 | +`reference.md` and `scripts/diagnose.py`: if the user's symptom doesn't |
| 31 | +match one of them, the skill explicitly routes upstream rather than |
| 32 | +guessing. New failure modes get added by editing the catalog, not by |
| 33 | +the agent inventing them at runtime. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## When to use this skill |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Use it when **any** of the following are true: |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +- The user has an **AMD** GPU and a functional error with **PyTorch**, |
| 40 | + **llama.cpp**, or anything else built directly against the system ROCm |
| 41 | + (`/opt/rocm` or a pip wheel that bundles HIP). The skill examines the |
| 42 | + host and diagnoses against the catalog. |
| 43 | +- The user is on **Lemonade**, **LM Studio**, or **Ollama**. These apps |
| 44 | + ship their own ROCm and don't need a host-level examination, but the |
| 45 | + user often doesn't know *where* to report the problem -- the skill |
| 46 | + knows the right upstream channel for each (see |
| 47 | + [Framework routing](#framework-routing)) and hands it over. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +Out of scope: |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +- NVIDIA / Intel / Apple Silicon GPUs. Exit cleanly and tell the user. |
| 52 | +- Fresh installs on a clean machine. That's a setup task; point at |
| 53 | + [`amdgpu-install`](https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/install-on-linux/en/latest/install/install-overview.html) |
| 54 | + (Linux) or the [HIP SDK installer](https://www.amd.com/en/developer/resources/rocm-hub/hip-sdk.html) |
| 55 | + (Windows). |
| 56 | +- Pure performance complaints. Those belong in `mi-tuner` / |
| 57 | + `omniperf-tune` / `apu-memory-tuner`. |
| 58 | +- **WSL2** (running Linux on top of Windows). The ROCm-on-WSL flow needs |
| 59 | + Adrenalin Pro plus the WSL kernel update on the Windows host -- those |
| 60 | + failure modes are not in this catalog. `examine.py` detects WSL via |
| 61 | + `/proc/version` and exits 2 with a route-out message; if the user wants |
| 62 | + WSL specifically, point them at <https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/radeon-ryzen/en/latest/docs/install/installryz/wsl/howto_wsl.html>. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +## Prerequisites |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +- **OS:** Linux **or** Windows (native). The catalog has 12 Linux entries |
| 67 | + (5 of which are also valid on Windows) and 3 Windows-only entries; the |
| 68 | + scripts pick the right subset for the host they run on. |
| 69 | +- **Linux tools the agent will invoke as part of examination** (best-effort; |
| 70 | + the script degrades when one is missing): |
| 71 | + - `lspci` (always present on desktop distros) |
| 72 | + - `rocminfo` (when ROCm is installed) |
| 73 | + - `journalctl` or `dmesg` (for amdgpu kernel-ring evidence) |
| 74 | + - `python` / `python3` to introspect PyTorch |
| 75 | + - `llama-cli` / `llama-server` / `main` to introspect llama.cpp |
| 76 | +- **Windows tools the agent will invoke as part of examination**: |
| 77 | + - `powershell` (always present on Windows 10+) for `Get-CimInstance |
| 78 | + Win32_VideoController` / `Win32_Processor` and the env-scope reads. |
| 79 | + - `hipInfo.exe` from `%HIP_PATH%\bin` -- the Windows analog of `rocminfo`. |
| 80 | + Absence is itself a signal (see `fix-13-hip-sdk-missing`). |
| 81 | + - `setx` for env-var persistence and User-PATH edits (analog of editing |
| 82 | + `~/.bashrc` on Linux). |
| 83 | + - `python` to introspect PyTorch. |
| 84 | +- **Permissions:** examination is fully read-only and works as a regular |
| 85 | + user on both OSes. Linux fixes that need `sudo` are flagged in their |
| 86 | + recipe metadata; Windows fixes that touch the Machine env scope are |
| 87 | + flagged similarly and `apply_fix.py` does NOT self-elevate -- the user |
| 88 | + has to run an Administrator PowerShell when those are required. |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +Silent footguns to surface explicitly when relevant: |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +- `HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION` -- forcing an unsupported gfx target works |
| 93 | + for `rocminfo`/`hipInfo` but causes page faults at runtime. Diagnosis |
| 94 | + `fix-2-unset-override` is the response when this is set on a GPU that |
| 95 | + already has a native wheel; on Windows it can be persisted in either |
| 96 | + the User or Machine env scope, so check both. |
| 97 | +- `HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES` -- on dual-GPU systems (APU + dGPU) the iGPU is |
| 98 | + often index 0 and destabilises HIP unless explicitly hidden. |
| 99 | +- `HIP_PATH` (Windows) -- if the user has multiple HIP SDK versions |
| 100 | + installed under `C:\Program Files\AMD\ROCm\`, `HIP_PATH` decides which |
| 101 | + one PyTorch / hipInfo actually loads. Pointing it at the wrong major |
| 102 | + produces the same failure mode as `fix-8-wheel-rocm`. |
| 103 | +- `PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH` -- only honored during a *build* of PyTorch. Setting |
| 104 | + it at runtime does nothing for a prebuilt wheel. |
| 105 | +- `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` (Linux) -- a wheel-bundled `libamdhip64.so` shadowed |
| 106 | + by a system one (or vice versa) gives confusing `cannot open shared |
| 107 | + object file` errors that look like fix-8 but are really a load-order |
| 108 | + bug. The Windows analog is `PATH` order: a stale HIP SDK bin directory |
| 109 | + earlier on PATH than the one matching `HIP_PATH`. |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +## The three-step flow |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +Run these in order. The first two are read-only. The third asks before |
| 114 | +changing anything. |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +``` |
| 117 | +[ ] 1. Identify the framework, then examine (read-only). |
| 118 | +[ ] 2. Diagnose: match examination + symptom against the catalog. |
| 119 | +[ ] 3. Propose the fix; only apply with explicit consent; re-verify. |
| 120 | +``` |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +### Step 1: identify the framework and examine |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | +If the user hasn't said, ask which framework they are running. Use the |
| 125 | +`AskQuestion` tool with PyTorch / llama.cpp / Lemonade / LM Studio / |
| 126 | +Ollama / other as the options. The routing in [Framework routing](#framework-routing) |
| 127 | +keys off the answer. |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +If the framework is in the "skip examination" bucket, jump straight to |
| 130 | +the upstream link and exit. Otherwise run: |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +```bash |
| 133 | +python scripts/examine.py --framework pytorch --json > exam.json |
| 134 | +``` |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +Replace `pytorch` with `llama-cpp`, or pass `--framework auto` to let the |
| 137 | +script pick. Exit codes: |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +| Exit | Meaning | Next action | |
| 140 | +|---|---|---| |
| 141 | +| 0 | Examined; AMD GPU present | Continue to Step 2. | |
| 142 | +| 2 | Wrong platform (WSL, neither Linux nor Windows, no AMD GPU) | Stop. Route the user. | |
| 143 | +| 3 | Probes partially failed | Continue but warn the user. | |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | +For a quick read-only summary without piping JSON, drop `--json`: |
| 146 | + |
| 147 | +```bash |
| 148 | +python scripts/examine.py --framework pytorch |
| 149 | +``` |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | +`examine.py` collects exactly the facts the diagnosis catalog needs. |
| 152 | +On Linux: OS / kernel, AMD GPUs and gfx targets, `amdgpu` / `amdkfd` |
| 153 | +status, `/dev/kfd` ownership and group, user's group membership, system |
| 154 | +ROCm version and install method, framework version and arch list, the |
| 155 | +silent-footgun env vars, container/IOMMU state, and recent `amdgpu` |
| 156 | +kernel log lines. On Windows: AMD adapters and gfx targets via |
| 157 | +`Win32_VideoController` + `hipInfo.exe`, the HIP SDK install path and |
| 158 | +version, the Adrenalin / kernel-mode driver version, MSVC redistributable |
| 159 | +presence, and the same env-var snapshot. It deliberately does NOT spawn |
| 160 | +heavy probes (no kernel launches, no model downloads). |
| 161 | + |
| 162 | +### Step 2: diagnose |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | +Hand the JSON snapshot plus the user's error text to `diagnose.py`: |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | +```bash |
| 167 | +python scripts/diagnose.py --exam exam.json \ |
| 168 | + --symptom "HIP error: invalid device function on gfx1151" |
| 169 | +``` |
| 170 | + |
| 171 | +The script runs every checker in the catalog, scores each from 0..100, |
| 172 | +and prints a ranked list. Each match has a stable `fix-N-...` id used by |
| 173 | +`apply_fix.py`. |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | +Score tiers: |
| 176 | + |
| 177 | +- `>= 75` (`HIGH`) -- propose the fix and (if auto-applicable) ask for |
| 178 | + consent to apply it. |
| 179 | +- `>= 50` (`LIKELY`) -- describe the match and ask the user to confirm one |
| 180 | + more piece of evidence before applying. |
| 181 | +- Below `50` -- print but do **not** act. If nothing scores `>= 50`, the |
| 182 | + script exits 1 with a single-line route to the right upstream tracker. |
| 183 | + Do not speculate. |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | +JSON output (`--json`) is the same data the agent should use programmatically: |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | +```bash |
| 188 | +python scripts/diagnose.py --exam exam.json --symptom "..." --json |
| 189 | +``` |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | +### Step 3: apply the fix (with consent) |
| 192 | + |
| 193 | +Show the user the proposed fix (it's already printed by `diagnose.py`). |
| 194 | +If they consent, run: |
| 195 | + |
| 196 | +```bash |
| 197 | +python scripts/apply_fix.py --fix-id fix-4-render-group --dry-run |
| 198 | +python scripts/apply_fix.py --fix-id fix-4-render-group --yes |
| 199 | +``` |
| 200 | + |
| 201 | +`--dry-run` prints the exact commands without executing. `--yes` skips |
| 202 | +the interactive `[y/N]` prompt (only pass this after the user has agreed |
| 203 | +in chat). |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | +A subset of fixes are auto-applicable; the rest are deliberately |
| 206 | +print-only because the risk of a half-applied state is too high for an |
| 207 | +agent to take. To see which is which without consulting `reference.md`: |
| 208 | + |
| 209 | +```bash |
| 210 | +python scripts/apply_fix.py --list |
| 211 | +``` |
| 212 | + |
| 213 | +That prints every `fix-id` with an `AUTO` or `PRINT-ONLY` tag. Auto |
| 214 | +fixes are bounded operations like unsetting an env var, adding the user |
| 215 | +to a group, or appending a single line to a shell rc. Print-only fixes |
| 216 | +involve reinstalling frameworks, editing GRUB, regenerating the |
| 217 | +initramfs, or moving system repo files; those need a human at the |
| 218 | +keyboard. |
| 219 | + |
| 220 | +After every fix, re-run the `verify` command the recipe printed. Only |
| 221 | +declare success when the user's *original* failing command now succeeds |
| 222 | +(e.g. `torch.cuda.is_available()` returns `True`, `rocminfo` lists the |
| 223 | +GPU, the llama.cpp build runs). |
| 224 | + |
| 225 | +## Framework routing |
| 226 | + |
| 227 | +The skill's first decision is which framework the user runs. Some |
| 228 | +frameworks ship their own ROCm and bypass the system install; for those |
| 229 | +the right answer is "you're in the wrong place, here's where to file |
| 230 | +it", and the skill delivers that answer directly rather than running |
| 231 | +useless probes against the host. |
| 232 | + |
| 233 | +| Framework | Examine the host? | Action | |
| 234 | +|---|---|---| |
| 235 | +| PyTorch (Linux ROCm wheel) | Yes | `python scripts/examine.py --framework pytorch`, then `diagnose.py`. | |
| 236 | +| PyTorch (Windows TheRock wheel) | Yes | Same scripts; on Windows the catalog filters to Linux+Windows + Windows-only entries. | |
| 237 | +| llama.cpp (built against system ROCm/HIP SDK) | Yes | `python scripts/examine.py --framework llama-cpp`, then `diagnose.py`. | |
| 238 | +| Lemonade | No -- ships its own ROCm | Route to <https://github.com/lemonade-sdk/lemonade/issues> and the Lemonade [Discord](https://discord.gg/5xXzkMu8Zk). | |
| 239 | +| LM Studio | No -- ships its own runtime | Route to <https://lmstudio.ai/docs/app> (in-app support; no public repo). | |
| 240 | +| Ollama | No -- ships its own runtime | Route to <https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues> and the Ollama Discord. | |
| 241 | +| vLLM / SGLang | Out of scope until phase 1+ | Route to the project's own issue tracker. | |
| 242 | + |
| 243 | +If a Lemonade / LM Studio / Ollama user *does* have a host-level ROCm |
| 244 | +problem (rare), it shows up when their app fails AND a standalone |
| 245 | +`rocminfo` (Linux) / `hipInfo.exe` (Windows) also fails. Only then |
| 246 | +escalate to the full examination. |
| 247 | + |
| 248 | +## Safety rules |
| 249 | + |
| 250 | +- Read-only by default. Examination and diagnosis never change state. |
| 251 | +- Always print before applying. `apply_fix.py` shows every command before |
| 252 | + asking for consent, even with `--yes`. |
| 253 | +- Never reboot, never touch BIOS, never flash firmware. |
| 254 | +- Never reinstall system packages without an interactive prompt or `--yes`. |
| 255 | +- Never set `HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION` as the *first* fix when a native |
| 256 | + wheel exists. That is `fix-2-unset-override`'s entire reason for being. |
| 257 | +- Never silently fall back to a different fix when the requested one |
| 258 | + isn't applicable. Exit 3 and tell the user why. |
| 259 | +- When nothing in the catalog matches, **do not speculate**. Hand the |
| 260 | + user the upstream tracker URL from `diagnose.py --json`. |
| 261 | + |
| 262 | +## Verification checklist |
| 263 | + |
| 264 | +Mark this skill complete only when **all** are true: |
| 265 | + |
| 266 | +- [ ] `python scripts/examine.py` exits 0 (or 3 with the user's explicit |
| 267 | + go-ahead to continue despite a partial probe). |
| 268 | +- [ ] `python scripts/diagnose.py --exam exam.json --symptom "..."` exits 0 |
| 269 | + and surfaced exactly one HIGH-confidence diagnosis, OR it exited 1 |
| 270 | + and the user has been routed to the right upstream tracker. |
| 271 | +- [ ] If a fix was applied: the recipe's `verify` command exits cleanly. |
| 272 | +- [ ] The user's *original* failing command now succeeds end-to-end (run |
| 273 | + it again in their original shell). |
| 274 | +- [ ] If any fix needed a re-login or reboot, the user has actually done |
| 275 | + it before declaring success. |
| 276 | + |
| 277 | +If any box is unchecked, the failure isn't resolved -- say so out loud |
| 278 | +rather than declaring victory. |
| 279 | + |
| 280 | +## Reference |
| 281 | + |
| 282 | +For the full catalog of known misconfigurations, every fix-id and its |
| 283 | +verify command, the silent-footgun env-var reference, and the |
| 284 | +upstream-routing table in machine-readable form, see |
| 285 | +[reference.md](reference.md). |
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