package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:

[wunge]

I wanted to upgrade 9.10 to 10.04 and periodically messages about 'fglrx' were raised.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: fglrx (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 31 22:44:22 2010
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox-ose, 3.1.4, 2.6.32-18-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox-ose, 3.1.4, 2.6.31-20-generic, x86_64: installed
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: no package named `fglrx' is installed, cannot configure
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FX-DQ6
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=6a71ba33-0762-4c83-bd08-d4275b3e3cf4 ro quiet splash pci=routeirq
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
Title: package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
dmi.bios.date: 12/21/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F3
dmi.board.name: GA-MA790FX-DQ6
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.:bvrF3:bd12/21/2007:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA790FX-DQ6:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA790FX-DQ6:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA790FX-DQ6
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
glxinfo:
 Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
 name of display: :0.0
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

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 552782, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.