fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal+
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Release Notes for Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards for the legacy 12.6 driver as per http://
AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series
AMD Radeon HD 3000 Series
AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series
AMD Radeon HD Series AGP
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4000 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2000 Series
I suggest the addition of an fglrx-legacy package to install the AMD legacy drivers for users with older cards or patch the current code base for use with these cards.
One of the outstanding issues for addressing this bug is AMD currently does not plan to support XServer 1.13 (for Ubuntu the package is xserver-xorg-core) for the legacy 12.6 driver, which Quantal uses:
apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-core:
Installed: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
Candidate: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
Version table:
*** 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Output for fglrx 9.00 [1]:
# lspci|grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS780L [Radeon HD 3000]
# modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/
# dmesg|tail -n3
[ 6785.693869] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 7132 MBytes.
[ 6785.694089] [fglrx:
[ 6785.694091] [fglrx:
# dpkg --list|grep fglrx
ii fglrx 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators
[1] https:/
!!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!!
The following workaround has produced mixed results and left some users with temporarily broken systems. It is not recommended for production systems or novice users that are not comfortable with basic console/non-GUI recovery. USE AT OWN RISK.
WORKAROUND: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y install fglrx-legacy
This workaround will downgrade X to 1.12 and install the AMD legacy fglrx 8.97 (Catalyst 12.6).
tags: |
added: amd64 i386 kernel-therm metabug quantal regression-release running-unity xubuntu removed: fglrx |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards + fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards + fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-release-notes: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
summary: |
fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 - cards in Quantal + cards |
summary: |
fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 - cards + cards in Quantal+ |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.