1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I upgraded my desktop at home to 12.10 today, and wound up with complete failure of graphics: compiz would not work and hence Unity would not start - I had only a desktop and a terminal (accessed via Ctrl-Alt-T). Screen resolution was very poor (and used only 75% of the screen on a 24" monitor) - I couldn't even view the full width of a page in Firefox.
Apparently AMD is still releasing drivers for the Firestream series, so I don't know what went wrong in my case. I can try reinstalling fglrx to see what happens, or whatever suggestions might help diagnose the issue.
WORKAROUND: I've managed to get back to a working desktop by purging everything related to fglrx and using the open source drivers.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sun Nov 4 20:49:47 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-11-04 19:38:44,429 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.2.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV770 [FireStream 9250] [1002:9452] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device [1002:0502]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-24 (378 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-05 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/19/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0512
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: P5KPL-CM
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
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summary: |
- Graphics broken on upgrade with AMD Firestream 9250 and fglrx + 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250 |
description: | updated |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Sean Fitzpatrick, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please test the following WORKAROUND via https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ BinaryDriverHow to/ATI# WORKAROUND and comment if you can use fglrx-installer in Quantal?
Thank you for your understanding.
Reassigning to fglrx-installer due to debug information being attached from having reported initially against xorg instead of fglrx-installer.