[SRU] Please upgrade Saucy's fglrx to new upstream release v.13.12 (has support for Kernel 3.11)

[papukaija]

Please upgrade Saucy's fglrx-installer (and/or -updates) to the new upstream release v. 13.12.

[Impact]

This driver supports Kernel up to 3.11 and Xorg up to 1.14; ie. it should fully work on Ubuntu 13.10.

The version 13.11 Beta V9.4 also fixes the following issues:

    [372656] : Resolves crash when resizing Konsole
    [388325] : Resolves brightness adjustment issues
    [388818] : Resolves kernel module compile failure when CONFIG_UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS is enabled
    [388335] : Avoids the new GPL symbol acpi_bus_get_device for new kernel support
    [386897] : Resolves system hang on resume from S4 with OpenGL screen saver running

The change log for the v. 13.12 is in comment 3 below.

It might make sense to also upgrade the stable package, as the v. 13.11 beta 9.4. is the first version that has native support for Saucy's Kernel.

Source and more information can be found from http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Latest-LINUX-Beta-Driver.aspx and http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/amdcatalyst13-12linreleasenotes.aspx

[Test Case]

After installing the update, users should be able to boot the system as usual, with no regressions of any kind.

[Regression Potential]

Low. The new driver version doesn't add any new features apart from having a native support for Kernel 3.11. All other changes are bug fixes.

Thanks.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Boaz Dodin (bdcomp)]

AMD Catalyst 13.12 Linux stable driver just been released:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/amdcatalyst13-12linreleasenotes.aspx

Additional resolved Issues:
* [384861]: Ultra slow dota2 fps
* [383176]: System hang when startx after enable Eyefinity
* [383109]: System hang when run Unigine Heaven 4.0
* [382494]: Screen corruption when run C4Engine with GL_ARB_texture_array enabled
* [384193]: Fix the procfs permission issue on kernel 3.10 and later
* [373812]: System hang when run some OpenGL stress test
* [383430]: Glxtest failed with force AA
* [383372]: Fail to launch cairo-dock
* [384509]: glClientWaitSync is waiting even when timeout is 0
* [383573]: AC/DC switching is broken
* [384194]: Tear-Free Desktop sets V-Sync to 30Hz instead of 60Hz
* [385123]: CrossFire aspect observed in CCCLE where it should not
* [385414]: Steam crashes and games hang on a black screen when Force AA is on
* [387027]: Glxtest failed on SLED11 SP3
* [382079]: MARI crash with weird stack
* [387797]: X crash when kill X with Xserver 1.13 and 1.14
* [389431]: Screens are distorted when connecting an external monitor on some PowerXpress platform with Intel Haswell
* [389728]: Segfault after disabling display on re-launch of CCCLE
* [387573]: Soft hang and error observed on BasicDebug sample for OpenCL when run on x86
* [385704]: Black window when run glxgears with TWM
* [376115]: Display corruption when using rotation

[papukaija (papukaija)]

The - updates package has been updated for Trusty 1 hour ago, I hope that it'll come to older releases soon.

[Boaz Dodin (bdcomp)]

Really don't understand why Precise just received an update to the new driver, while Saucy still nothing...

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Agreed. I added the SRU details, so this bug report should get more attention.

[papukaija (papukaija)]

I adapted the wording on this bug to make it clearer that this is a SRU request for Saucy and not a request to upgrade fglrx's version in Trusty.