[fglrx] logging in after dist-upgrade results in broken ui

[Jaakko Linnosaari]

fglrx not automatically removed during update -> broken ui after login

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.174.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Aptdaemon:

Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 19 20:24:47 2012
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1350593607'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-18 (0 days ago)

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

hey Michael, this is the bug we discussed earlier today

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Its worth noting the xorg_fix_proprietary failed to ruN;

2012-10-19 00:21:25,140 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py'
2012-10-19 00:21:25,151 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (Failed to execute child process "./xorg_fix_proprietary.py" (No such file or directory))

[Jaakko Linnosaari (jlinnosa)]

I guess it's worth noting, that I got my system back to usable state by executing 'dpkg --purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle' and rebooting.

[skipper (attila-egri-nagy)]

Thanks for the instructions! I managed to get unity working. I had to purge/reinstall many packages, but I guess that was due to the fact that at some point I tried this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx (which did not work 3 days ago).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Smotrov Dmitriy (dsxack)]

unity not started after install any fglrx driver (from official repo and from amd site).

I have hibryd video cards:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Whistler XT [AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)

On 12.04 works fine. On 12.10 not started unity with propritary driver

[thanassis05 (thanassis05)]

I have laptop hp pavillion g6 (1170sv model) and I have the same problem. With open source drivers my laptop is overheating up to 80C... When I install propritary driver my laptop have 70C, but the unity not appear. Now I have installed gnome classic to work and I think the ati driver not work correct also.
I hope this help a bit. thank you a lot!

[GeekSmith (lixo-geeksmith)]

Busted for me:

% lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880 [Radeon HD 4200]

[Nick Andrik (andrikos)]

I think this is due to some paths missing in the fglrx package for amd64 architectures.

A workaround is using the fglrx-* packages from my PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~andrikos/+archive/ppa

Could you please give it a try and let me know if they fix your issue?

[Nick Andrik (andrikos)]

And probably duplicate of Bug: #1068404

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

quantal has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the quantal task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

raring has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the raring task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 13.04 (raring) reached end-of-life on January 27, 2014.
Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) reached end-of-life on May 16, 2014.
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Issue did not expire due to bug assignment so closing