Switching form the vivid HWE stack to the xenial HWE stack results in the removal of the packages providing the r128 and mach64 driver.
bdmurray@upgrade-trusty-amd64:~$ hwe-support-status --show-replacements
xserver-xorg-lts-xenial linux-image-generic-lts-xenial libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-xenial
bdmurray@upgrade-trusty-amd64:~$ sudo apt-get install $(hwe-support-status --show-replacements)
Reading package lists... Done
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Suggested packages:
fdutils linux-lts-xenial-tools xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
gpointing-device-settings touchfreeze firmware-amd-graphics
xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-mach64-lts-xenial
firmware-linux
Recommended packages:
xserver-xorg-video-modesetting
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid libgbm1-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid
libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid libglapi-mesa-lts-vivid libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid
libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid
libxatracker2-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-input-mouse-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-wacom-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-mach64-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-radeon-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-trident-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-vesa-lts-vivid
xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-vivid
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libegl1-mesa-lts-xenial libgbm1-lts-xenial libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-xenial
libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-xenial libglapi-mesa-lts-xenial libgles1-mesa-lts-xenial
libgles2-mesa-lts-xenial libllvm3.8v4 libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-xenial
libxatracker2-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial linux-headers-4.4.0-34
linux-headers-4.4.0-34-generic linux-headers-generic-lts-xenial
linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34-generic
linux-image-generic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-core-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-wacom-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-qxl-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-radeon-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-trident-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-vesa-lts-xenial
xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-xenial
0 upgraded, 43 newly installed, 36 to remove and 34 not upgraded.
Notice how xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-vivid is removed and the corresponding xenial package is only suggested.
Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,
Accepted xserver- xorg-video- ati-lts- xenial into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ xserver- xorg-video- ati-lts- xenial/ 1:7.7.0- 1~trusty2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Testing/ EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/QATeam/ PerformingSRUVe rification . Thank you in advance!