display does not properly work

Bug #1282191 reported by jacques
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
Expired
Medium
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Bug Description

i had ubuntu 12.04 ltz wich worked very fine for a long period of time with my ati amdhd 3400 then came a suggested upgrade from the updater wich to summerrise fucked everything. tried many things to resolve the problem dada did not work .upgraded to 13.04 nothing to 13.10 same,14.04 same cannot install ati or amd drivers do not work or screen go black with no signal and i have to reinstall cause i do not know how to solve the problem....i will never trust the updater again at least with windows u can restore with ubuntu wich i like very much u cannot

my destop is wider then my monitor so allmost no access to launchers. noacceleration etc.etc wich worked fine with 12.04 amd catalyst worked fine to but now blanck.the card still works fine in windows 7 64 ultimate

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Wed Feb 19 00:54:11 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] [1002:95c5] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:9018]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-11 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140210)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell XPS420
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_CA:fr
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-8-generic root=UUID=716d08af-0330-4de3-a47e-ddaf73602eb2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0TP406
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd02/25/2009:svnDellInc.:pnDellXPS420:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TP406:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dell XPS420
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu4
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 19 00:19:46 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input Logitech USB Receiver KEYBOARD, id 8
 input Logitech USB Receiver KEYBOARD, id 9
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6
xserver.video_driver: radeon

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jacques (k-jacquesrenea) wrote :
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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

catalyst dropped support for older radeons

affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
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jacques (k-jacquesrenea) wrote : RE : [Bug 1282191] Re: display does not properly work
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A patch to let the old catalyst to work maybe..would be fine.

Jacques RenéTimo Aaltonen <email address hidden> a écrit :catalyst dropped support for older radeons

** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  display does not properly work

Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  i had ubuntu 12.04 ltz wich worked very fine for a long period of time
  with my ati amdhd 3400 then came a suggested upgrade from the updater
  wich to summerrise fucked everything. tried many things to resolve the
  problem dada did not work .upgraded to 13.04 nothing to 13.10
  same,14.04 same cannot install ati or amd drivers do not work or
  screen go black with no signal and i have to reinstall cause i do not
  know how to solve the problem....i will never trust the updater again
  at least with windows u can restore with ubuntu wich i like very much
  u cannot

  my destop is wider then my monitor so allmost no access to launchers.
  noacceleration etc.etc wich worked fine with 12.04 amd catalyst worked
  fine to but now blanck.the card still works fine in windows 7 64
  ultimate

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:

  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  Date: Wed Feb 19 00:54:11 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] [1002:95c5] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:9018]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-11 (7 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140210)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell XPS420
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_CA:fr
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-8-generic root=UUID=716d08af-0330-4de3-a47e-ddaf73602eb2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A07
  dmi.board.name: 0TP406
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 7
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd02/25/2009:svnDellInc.:pnDellXPS420:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TP406:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Dell XPS420
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu4
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: li...

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

jacques, any change if you update to the Vivid enablement stack as outlined in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack ?

tags: added: latest-bios-a07
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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