ATI/AMD Proprietary FGLRX Driver (post-release updates) fails to install with Jockey

[Daniel Bomar]

Using Xubunu 12.04

I encountered this program after a fresh install. I first did a software update and then attempted to install the ATI proprietary driver. This problem only occurs with the "post-release updates" driver. The non post-release updates FGLRX driver installs fine. In fact, the "post-release updates" one appears to install the AMD Catalyst Control Center as well as the fglrx module but for whatever reason Jockey throws an error every time.

I have reproduced this problem several times by running a

sudo apt-get purge fglrx-updates

Then rebooting and attempting to reinstall using Jockey. I've also attempted to go from the regular FGLRX driver to FGLRX (post-release updates) using Jockey with the same results.

WORKAROUND: Don't use the post-release updates. Use the regular FGLRX driver. The version number is the exact same.

I have attached my jockey.log file from the first time I encountered this problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: jockey-gtk 0.9.7-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 28 14:56:27 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MachineType: MSI MS-7681
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic root=UUID=df3194fa-0205-4309-96c1-52edfd3ce8a1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: jockey
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/21/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V23.7
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 4.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.version: 4.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV23.7:bd02/21/2012:svnMSI:pnMS-7681:pvr4.0:rvnMSI:rnZ68A-GD65(G3)(MS-7681):rvr4.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr4.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7681
dmi.product.version: 4.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.