gpu-manager xorg.conf inconsistency with AMD Catalyst (fglrx)

[Heikki Berg]

This is a bug report against gpu-manager.c in ubuntu-drivers-common.

~/Documents/VC/ubu/ubuntu-drivers-common/share/hybrid$ bzr log
------------------------------------------------------------
revno: 56
tags: 1:0.2.91.1
author: Alberto Milone
committer: Package Import Robot
branch nick: trusty-proposed
timestamp: Fri 2014-03-21 20:03:20 +0100

I'm submitting this now manually due to urgency to 14.04 release as ubuntu-bug crashes too ;(

%sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial writes a xorg.conf which uses xorg.conf keywords in "text" fields searched by function
 static int check_vendor_bus_id_xorg_conf(struct device **devices, int cards_n,
                                         unsigned int vendor_id, char *driver)

In line 1072 of gpu-manager.c

"Driver" keyword is found from following lines xorg.conf written by aticonfig
Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
 Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
 Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
 Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[1]-0"
 Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
 Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
 Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Line 1119 of gpu-manager.c
            else if ((istrstr(line, "Driver") != NULL) &&
                     (strstr(line, driver) == NULL)) {
                failure = 1;
            }
Looks the xorg keyword "Driver" anywhere in the line and finds "ATI Proprietary Driver", but of course does not find correct drivername "fglrx" from the same line => Keywords should be searched from the beginning of the line, not all over.

Second issue in same function the format "PCI:%d@%d:%d:%d" which is different to format "PCI:%d:%d:%d" used by aticonfig, which causes misdetection of correct BusID in xorg.conf

If routine "check_vendor_bus_id_xorg_conf()" reports "Check failed" completely valid xorg.conf is overwritten by gpu-manager.c in boot.

Quick workaround for users is to correct the xorg.conf after installation of ATI Catalyst proprietary drivers taking these into account.
---
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-27 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140227)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.2.91.1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

[Heikki Berg (heikki-berg)]

apport information

[Heikki Berg (heikki-berg)]

apport information

[Heikki Berg (heikki-berg)]

apport information

[Heikki Berg (heikki-berg)]

After complete system reinstall, and selecting fglrx from Driver Manager (instead of manually installing from http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux%20x86_64) I have no problems. No need for manual install.

Still keyword search in gnu-manager SHOULD search label "Driver" from beginning of the line... => the bug is not critical.

[alela1441 (ale1441ela)]

Upgrade 19-09-14:

 - ubuntu-drivers-common (0.2.91.6, 0.2.91.7)
 - dh-modaliases (0.2.91.6, 0.2.91.7)
 - linux-firmware (1.127.5, 1.127.6)

alela@alela-X550DP:~$ aticonfig --initial --adapter=all --od-gettemperature
Found fglrx primary device section
Found fglrx primary device section
 Unable to find any supported Screen sections

Se hace obligatorio, pero esto no es satisfactorio:

$ aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all --od-gettemperature

Al hacer:

$ sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf*

Pero esto tampoco es satisfactorio.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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