fglrx 2:8.961-0ubuntu1: fglrx kernel module failed to build on kernel 3.5

[Dv8tion]

Description: Ubuntu quantal (development branch)
Release: 12.10
amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run (which was running 12.04)
AMD HD 4250

1)Was running the included ATI/AMD driver (11.3 I think it is) on the 12.04 install
2) Upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10
3)Screen went from 1080x1whatever it was, to 640x480
On attempted to edit settings, received "Initialization Error
There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.

No AMD graphics driver is installed, or the AMD driver is not functioning properly.
Please install the AMD driver appropriate for you AMD hardware, or configure using aticonfig"
4) Attempted the suggested aticonfig which stated there was no detected hardware
5) As it had worked in the past and I still had it on hand, I tried using the 12.4 version
6) Purged the non functional driver
7) Installed 12.4 with Quantal packages which was partially successful.
I can now get * 0. 01:05.0 ATI Radeon HD 4250

* - Default adapter
But on attempting to get the Control box, The same
"There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.

No AMD graphics driver is installed, or the AMD driver is not functioning properly.
Please install the AMD driver appropriate for you AMD hardware, or configure using aticonfig."
 appears.

The same behaviour occurs after restarting and reinstalling.

I would happily report bugs against this, but "Package fglrx-installer does not exist". As the system was working prior to the upgrade on a 2011 machine.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: fglrx 2:8.961-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.27-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-17-generic
Date: Sat Oct 6 22:06:12 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-10-06 21:02:50,957 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.961: added
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] [1002:9715] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:d000]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-880GM-USB3
PackageVersion: 2:8.961-0ubuntu1
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=dfd1db71-f0f9-430d-a353-735a67dd5710 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
Title: fglrx 2:8.961-0ubuntu1: fglrx kernel module failed to build
UnitySupportTest:
 Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 1: X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
   Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX)
   Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
   Serial number of failed request: 22
   Current serial number in output stream: 22
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-06 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/14/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: FC
dmi.board.name: GA-880GM-USB3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrFC:bd03/14/2011:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-880GM-USB3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-880GM-USB3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-880GM-USB3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20121004.b2048c5e-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20121004.b2048c5e-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3

[Dv8tion (dv8tion)]

Let Ubuntu's automatic update go through the motions which installed fglrx 9.000-0ubuntu3

And immediately received:
 aticonfig --list-adapters
aticonfig: No supported adapters detected

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1025488, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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