[fglrx] Ubuntu + Catalyst = frozen

[Michael]

Hello!
Sorry for my bad english, I'm russian:)
I have problem with AMD Catalyst 12.6 Legacy driver (from official site). I installed this driver in Ubuntu 12.04 according to instruction from help.ubuntu.com (I created deb packeges). Driver was installed successfully:

~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
OpenGL version string: 3.3.11653 Compatibility Profile Context

Fan begins to change speed from fast to slow good.
But Unity after install this driver works slow, frozen, with artefacts.
With opensource driver ati (installed by defaults) system works faster, smoothly and without artefacts. But fan speed changes very little and laptop heats.
Later I tried to install this driver in Ubuntu 12.10 with ppa:makson-96/fglrx. It was installed good, but I still have the same problem.
I tried to turn off 'synch to vblan' in CompizConfigSettingManager, but it didn't help.
 I tried to use open sourse driver and command from www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature#KMS_Power_Management_Options (sorry, I don't know how to do links:)). But it doesn't work for me. "cat /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile" displays "low" or "mid", but fan speed changes very little (I can't compare temperature before commands and after, because "sensors" doesn't display temperature of GPU - only CPU and HDD).
O, yeh, I installed Kubuntu 12.04 and Xubuntu 12.04 and these distrs work very good with Catalyst legacy, quietly and without frozen. I have problems only with standart Ubuntu with Unity.
Please, tell me what should I do to solve this problem?

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[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Please try this and tell us if you have the same problem (with fglrx):
  1. sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
  2. Log out and log in to "Gnome Classic"

Same problem still? That will tell us if it is specifically a problem with Unity.

[Michael (drekorig89)]

Hello, Daniel!
Ok, for pure experimental I have installed Ubuntu 12.04.01 and Catalyst legacy 12.6. I've changed nothing and all system configuration set by default.
After installation gnome-session-fallback I log in to Gnome Classic and I have the same problem. In Gnome Classic frozen is slightly less noticeable, but it's still there. Desktop Environment still doesn't work smoothly.
Maybe I can give you some logs, ubuntu-bug compiz report or something else?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Ok, thanks. That excludes Unity. Now we have to figure out if it's compiz or fglrx. To do that, please install package "gnome-shell" and try logging into "Gnome Shell". Does it still happen?

[Michael (drekorig89)]

Thank you, Daniel, but my laptop is broken now, and I can't testing anymore.
Please, close this bugreport.
Good Luck, Daniel!

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