Ubuntu
fglrx-installer package

System failed to detect GPU.

Bug #1069624 reported by John Winterton on 2012-10-22

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
upstart:
  Installed: 1.5-0ubuntu9
  Candidate: 1.5-0ubuntu9
  Version table:
*** 1.5-0ubuntu9 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I don't really know if this is an upstart bug, but it seems the logical place to start looking.

I updated my 12.04 LTS system last evening on the basis of the announcement on the website. To my great surprise it is not as good as the beta which now seems to be beyond where this verson is.

The system failed to detect my GPU (ATI/AMD 780) and the DVI monitor (1920 x 1080) whereas the beta version most certainly does and handles it correctly. In fact, it reports to applications that there is no accelerated 3D graphics at all, which cause my applications to not run.

The normal driver for this chip set is fglrx, and it was not loaded by the upgrade (nor by the beta, but that didn't seem to matter). I forced an install of fglrx which seemed to go OK, but the AMD/ATI control software does not detect it as installed. Furthermore, although it appeared that the software did in fact generate the appropirate kernel image for this, nothing happens. The system is running in the default display for a laptop (which is utterly beyond belief) but this is a desktop machine.

I performed the upgrade in the usual manner by using the command for the software manager with the -d option and everything went OK for the next couple of hours. The system restarted, but the Ubuntu desktop failed partially, and there was no launcher and no top of screen panel. All I could do was force a restart. I wound up in the GNOME classic desktop which works normally. Not my choice, but there you are.

This distrubution is not ready for people in spite of the exuberance of the web site. For shame! My beta version runs better than this.

During the installation there were a couple of defective libraries reported and I was able, eventually, to install them with apt. There was also a continuous reiteration of some message about duplicate values in some test file, which hardly seems to be proper for a final distribution. There is a plethora of problems, and I hope this is the only report I need make. I strongly suggest that somebody test this again. You have now created a panic for yourselves with this premature, untested release. Perhaps a public apology will absolve some of this, but I think you've set back your marketing efforts considerably.

As of now, I am moving all my data files over to the beta partition. It is far superior to this box of bugs.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 22 01:12:17 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (0 days ago)

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