fglrx_drv.so crashes with HD 5450

[Leith Bade]

I installed fglrx via jockey (Alternative Drivers).

On reboot I got the message that X was running in low graphics mode.

Looking at the xserver log I can see there was a crash in fglrx_drv.so.

I tried fglrx-updates and it had the same crash.

I am running Ubuntu 14.04 x64 with the latest updates installed.

My GPU is a new PCI-Express Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD5450 model GV-R545-1GI with 1GB VRAM.

My motherboard is Asus H81M-E with BIOS version.

I have an Intel Celeron G1850 CPU at 2.8GHz.

I have 2x8GB of GSkill DDR301600 memory model F3-1600C11S-8GNT.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: fglrx (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Sun Dec 7 12:39:34 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: fglrx-updates, 13.350.1, 3.13.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8534]
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] [1002:68f9] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:227f]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-15 (21 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
MachineType: ASUS All Series
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2001
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: H81M-E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2001:bd06/13/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH81M-E:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: All Series
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Dec 7 12:38:43 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1
xserver.video_driver: fglrx

[Leith Bade (ljbade)]

Google has several hits for swlDrmAllocateOffscreenMem+0xe so it looks like I am not the only one finding this crash.

Can fglrx-updates be switched to a newer driver release? Perhaps ATI have fixed this crash in a later version.

[Leith Bade (ljbade)]

Possibly the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/x11-utils/+bug/1278097

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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