jockey doesnt install fglrx kernel module on precise

[ThomasKL]

Hi, i updated my 11.10 to 12.04 and i can' t get fglrx to work properly.
i tried jockey and manuel installation, removing everything and doing it again. But somehow it alwas ends up not working correctly.
my current Xorg. log contains

[ 2118.333] (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized.
[ 2118.363] (EE) fglrx(0): XMM failed to open CMMQS connection.(EE) fglrx(0):
[ 2118.363] (EE) fglrx(0): XMM failed to initialize

which hints to the fact that the kernel module is missing

and jockey gives somthing like

2012-02-20 22:30:34,873 WARNING: modinfo for module fglrx failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module fglrx

2012-02-20 22:30:34,874 WARNING: /sys/module/fglrx/drivers does not exist, cannot rebind fglrx driver
2012-02-20 22:30:40,326 DEBUG: Installing package: fglrx-updates
...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/pxpress/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/bin/amdcccle because associated file /usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdcccle (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-amdcccle.desktop because associated file /usr/share/fglrx/amdcccle.desktop (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-amdccclesu.desktop because associated file /usr/share/fglrx/amdccclesu.desktop (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /etc/OpenCL/vendors/amdocl64.icd because associated file /usr/lib/fglrx/etc/OpenCL/vendors/amdocl64.icd (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/bin/amdupdaterandrconfig because associated file /usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdupdaterandrconfig (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/bin/amdxdg-su because associated file /usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdxdg-su (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/libaticalcl.so because associated file /usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalcl.so (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/libaticalrt.so because associated file /usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalrt.so (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules with a link.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/pxpress/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules with a link.
...
Building only for 3.2.0-17-generic-pae
Building for architecture i686
Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
...2012-02-20 22:34:34,871 WARNING: modinfo for module fglrx_updates failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module fglrx_updates

2012-02-20 22:34:34,871 WARNING: /sys/module/fglrx_updates/drivers does not exist, cannot rebind fglrx_updates driver

it seems like there are some libaries missing and kernel source
I would be glad about a hint where to go next

[ThomasKL (klimacht)]

sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket fglrx wird gewählt.
(Lese Datenbank ... 224692 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Entpacken von fglrx (aus fglrx_8.930-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket fglrx-amdcccle wird gewählt.
Entpacken von fglrx-amdcccle (aus fglrx-amdcccle_8.930-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket fglrx-dev wird gewählt.
Entpacken von fglrx-dev (aus fglrx-dev_8.930-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
fglrx (2:8.930-0ubuntu1) wird eingerichtet ...
update-alternatives: /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf wird verwendet, um /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) im Auto-Modus bereitzustellen.
update-alternatives: Warnung: Erstellung von /etc/OpenCL/vendors/amdocl64.icd wird übersprungen, weil die zugehörige Datei /usr/lib/fglrx/etc/OpenCL/vendors/amdocl64.icd (der Link-Gruppe i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) nicht existiert.
update-alternatives: Warnung: Erstellung von /usr/lib32/libaticalcl.so wird übersprungen, weil die zugehörige Datei /usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalcl.so (der Link-Gruppe i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) nicht existiert.
update-alternatives: Warnung: Erstellung von /usr/lib32/libaticalrt.so wird übersprungen, weil die zugehörige Datei /usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalrt.so (der Link-Gruppe i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) nicht existiert.
update-alternatives: Warnung: Neuinstallation der Alternative /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf ist erzwungen, weil Linkgruppe i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf defekt ist.
update-alternatives: Warnung: Erstellung von /etc/OpenCL/vendors/amdocl64.icd wird übersprungen, weil die zugehörige Datei /usr/lib/fglrx/etc/OpenCL/vendors/amdocl64.icd (der Link-Gruppe i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) nicht existiert.
update-alternatives: Warnung: Erstellung von /usr/lib32/libaticalcl.so wird übersprungen, weil die zugehörige Datei /usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalcl.so (der Link-Gruppe i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) nicht existiert.
update-alternatives: Warnung: Erstellung von /usr/lib32/libaticalrt.so wird übersprungen, weil die zugehörige Datei /usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalrt.so (der Link-Gruppe i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) nicht existiert.
update-alternatives: /usr/lib/fglrx/alt_ld.so.conf wird verwendet, um /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) im Auto-Modus bereitzustellen.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-17-generic-pae
Loading new fglrx-8.930 DKMS files...
Building only for 3.2.0-17-generic-pae
Building for architecture i686
Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Trigger für ureadahead werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für bamfdaemon werden verarbeitet ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
fglrx-amdcccle (2:8.930-0ubuntu1) wird eingerichtet ...
fglrx-dev (2:8.930-0ubuntu1) wird eingerichtet ...
Trigger für initramfs-tools werden verarbeitet ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-17-generic-pae
Trigger für libc-bin werden verarbeitet ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

[ThomasKL (klimacht)]

Ok i found a solution

the package module-assistant was missing

after

 sudo apt-get install module-assistant

i was able to install the fglrx packages seems like jockey should check for this package

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jochen Fahrner (jofa)]

I did a fresh install of 12.04 and then tried to install fglrx-updates through jockey. Jockey ended with an error. I attached the jockey.log.

Installation through synaptic was ok and fglrx is working now.

This bug confuses new users and should be fixed.

[Reinhard Katzmann (suamor)]

@Jochen: Are you sure it worked ? I tried to reinstall the fglrx-updates and though it was installed I got an error that there was an error installing fglrx-updates:

Error! Application of patch fix-build-issue-on-i386-where-TS_USEDFPU-is-no-longe.patch failed.

So the modules is not installed in dkms.

Why is there a i386 patch on AMD64?

Due to the problem I reverted back to the original driver and removed fglrx-updates.

[Jochen Fahrner (jofa)]

@Reinhard: yes I'm sure. Otherwise vainfo would not show which video profiles are supported on my gpu.
I'm using Ubuntu 32-bit. Maybe you have 64-bit and there is one more bug with this version?