fglrx (not installed): fglrx kernel module failed to build

[dancing]

In following instructions to update driver for Radeon 3000 on this site http://www.noobslab.com/2013/04/install-ati-amd-catalyst-drivers-in.html (because nothing else has worked). The last command sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb resulted in the above error message.
The ubuntu 13.10 saucy installation disk does not work--it goes to initramfs, and one time it asked for the driver cd, which is why I'm trying to install the driver.
Presently ubuntu 12.10 is installed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: fglrx (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-44.67-generic 3.5.7.25
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-44-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,text,imgsvg,obs,move,regex,imgjpeg,mousepoll,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,screenshot,vpswitch,imgpng,place,animation,session,workarounds,inotify,resize,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,wobbly,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 20.636937] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
 [ 20.637303] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 [ 4936.574568] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
 [ 4936.583374] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-44-generic
Date: Mon Dec 30 18:01:20 2013
DistUpgraded: 2013-12-25 01:38:35,870 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] [1002:9616] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:d000]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-10-30 (1157 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78LMT-S2
MarkForUpload: True
PackageVersion: (not installed)
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-44-generic root=UUID=c50efb92-74be-477f-9ec1-8d022680396b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
Title: fglrx (not installed): 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: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
   Major opcode of failed request: 154 (GLX)
   Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
   Serial number of failed request: 25
   Current serial number in output stream: 26
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-12-25 (5 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/18/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F1
dmi.board.name: GA-MA78LMT-S2
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.:bvrF1:bd11/18/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA78LMT-S2:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA78LMT-S2:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA78LMT-S2
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.6-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu0.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2.3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.3-0ubuntu0.2

[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.

[dancing (dancingmusic)]

The original problem was actually fixed automatically when I changed the ownership of all of my home directory files to myself--some of them were root. This caused me to not be able to log in, and Jorg Frings-Furst replied and after some diagnostics had me change the ownership, which fixed not only the login problem, but also the graphics/driver problem, so there was no need to update the radeon driver (which resulted in the above error). I'm not sure if my system is now using the latest driver, so the above bug may still exist, but the graphics work.

It would be very helpful if someone would post something because the ownership/permissions problem can cause SO MANY different problems that are difficult to diagnose. In my case it happened when transferring files from a backup external drive. I read many reports of the same graphics problem (no unity, no panel) and the same login problem (login bumped back to login screen) and the same ecryptfs problem (inability to recover after following all instructions) I had.

One post told the person "check your permissions" but although I knew how, it wasn't clear which files to check or what the permissions were supposed to be. Suffering for years and lost data could have been easily fixed, but I had no idea that permissions could cause these problems. Jorg F-F marked my bugs as non-bugs, which is correct, but how can someone else now find out the information? There were many posts with the same problems witout fixes.

Thank you all for all your help to all of us out here in the field!