Comment 3 for bug 1395222

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James Cobban (7-webmaster) wrote : Re: [Bug 1395222] Re: fglrx-core 2:14.201-0ubuntu2: fglrx-core kernel module failed to build

On 2014-11-21 06:21 PM, Christopher M. Penalver wrote:
> James Cobban, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and
> trying to help make Ubuntu better. However, the mainline kernel is not a
> software package provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. For more
> on this, please see
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds#Does_the_kernel_team_support_the_mainline_kernel_builds.3F
> . Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your
> particular bug. If you are interested in learning more about software
> repositories and Ubuntu, check
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories .
>
> ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
The only reason I got this problem was because I followed explicit
instructions from the kernel group to install the 3.18-rc5 kernel. Now
my graphics is screwed up. Even removing the 3.18-rc5 kernel has not
fixed that. Your team created this problem, so I would appreciate some
assistance at fixing it.

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